The Secret Barrister
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- Œuvres
- 6
- Membres
- 767
- Popularité
- #33,179
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 20
- ISBN
- 27
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- 1
As the 'name' of the author implies, this is written by a barrister of some years' experience. His clients are ordinary members of society. Some of them have done wrong, some have had wrong done to them. Others have been erroneously accused of wrong-doing. And they're subject to a system which, at bottom, though imperfect, has got plenty going for it: but is letting them down. Blame years - especially recent years - of chronic underfunding which has brought the legal aid system the Probation Service and aspects of the legal profession to the brink of collapse. Blame politicking- the desire to please a public who are all too ready to lock 'em up and throw away the key - for policies which do little or nothing to reform a prisoner and fit him or her to re-enter society with no motivation to re-offend. It's frightening stuff. But written with a light and humorous touch which kept me turning the pages.… (plus d'informations)