It is above all a plea to rescue a justice system that has become utterly broken. Underfunded justice system 'crumbling', top criminal barrister says Read moreThe Secret Barrister writes compellingly about issues as varied as the treatment of vulnerable victims in rape trials and the state of sentencing law – no mean feat. But at its deepest level, it is not about the criminal justice system at all. The Secret Barrister writes about our idea of ourselves as a nation, an England still so confident in its principles and workings of democracy and justice. • The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It’s Brokem is published by Macmillan.

Source: The Guardian April 28, 2018 06:22 UTC