- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Mandarin; New edition edition (11 April 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 074931253X
- ISBN-13: 978-0749312534
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Michael Mansfield, QC, has represented, among others, Judith Ward, five of the Birmingham Six, the Risley Five, the Winchester Three, a defendant in the Battersea bomb-factory case, one of the Tottenham Three, and a Trafalgar Square poll-tax rioter. All of them were acquitted. In this book, Mansfield sets out to demonstrate that miscarriages of justice can happen to anyone, at any time, for any offence, and to expose as a myth the belief that British justice is the best in the world. He proposes a radical agenda for reform, including the curbing of police powers, abolishing magistrates' courts, and throwing open the judiciary to all.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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A really chilling insight into the British legal system, it has really opened my eyes and I have been so touched by it that I am now studying Law at University.
I would encourage everyone to read this book, it is the most astonishingly honest piece of writing I have ever come across and written by one of the most highly respected QC's in the country.
Excellently written and easy to read, it gives examples of miscarriages of justice to illustrate the author's own view of changes which desparately need to be made to the current system. Inspiring insights into famous cases and events which remain in public consciousness today.
Buy it, borrow it and lend it, everyone needs to read this book, whether you are interested in the law or not, it concerns everyones basic human rights.
I would encourage everyone to read this book, it is the most astonishingly honest piece of writing I have ever come across and written by one of the most highly respected QC's in the country.
Excellently written and easy to read, it gives examples of miscarriages of justice to illustrate the author's own view of changes which desparately need to be made to the current system. Inspiring insights into famous cases and events which remain in public consciousness today.
Buy it, borrow it and lend it, everyone needs to read this book, whether you are interested in the law or not, it concerns everyones basic human rights.
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