{"product_id":"the-secret-barrister-stories-of-the-law-and-how-its-broken","title":"The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken","description":"An anonymous barrister offers a shocking, darkly comic and very moving journey through the legal system – and explains how it's failing all of us.\n\nThe Sunday Times number one bestseller.\nWinner of the Books are My Bag Non-Fiction Award.\nShortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year.\nShortlisted for Specsavers Non-Fiction Book of the Year.\n\nYou may not wish to think about it, but one day you or someone you love will almost certainly appear in a criminal courtroom. You might be a juror, a victim, a witness or – perhaps through no fault of your own – a defendant. Whatever your role, you’d expect a fair trial.\n\nI’m a barrister. I work in the criminal justice system, and every day I see how fairness is not guaranteed. Too often the system fails those it is meant to protect. The innocent are wronged and the guilty allowed to walk free.\n\nIn The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken I want to share some stories from my daily life to show you how the system is broken, who broke it and why we should start caring before it’s too late.\n\nA Sunday Times top ten bestseller for twenty-four weeks.\n‘Eye-opening, funny and horrifying’ – Observer\n‘Everyone who has any interest in public life should read it’ – Daily Mail\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1509841148\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: PKV.1509841148.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Barrister, The Secret\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: A well-loved companion. Corners and cover might show a little wear, and you could find some notes or highlights. The dust jacket might be MIA, it might have been a library book and extras aren't guaranteed—but the story's all there!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aspen Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367464730911,"sku":"PKV.1509841148.G","price":2.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0894\/0470\/3007\/files\/1509841148-0.jpg?v=1762535273","url":"https:\/\/www.aspenbookco.com\/products\/the-secret-barrister-stories-of-the-law-and-how-its-broken","provider":"Aspen Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}