Unlawful killings : life, love and murder : trials at the Old Bailey / Her Honour Wendy Joseph QC.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Joseph, Wendy, 1952- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Central Criminal Court.

Great Britain.

Murder--Law and legislation--Great Britain.

Murder.

Judges--Great Britain.

Judges.

Murder--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

xv, 315 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Doubleday, 2022.

Summary:

By detailing the inner workings of the Old Bailey and UK law, the author makes clear that each of us has a vested interest in what happens in the court room - especially when it comes to the death of a fellow human being. Any one of us could end up in the witness-box or even in the dock. And yet most people have only the sketchiest idea of what happens inside a Crown Court. With breath-taking skill and deep compassion, the author describes how cases unfold and illustrates exactly what it's like to be a murder trial judge and a witness to human good and bad. Sometimes very bad. Right now, with our courts straining under the weight of the many heinous crimes being committed, it's not merely the system that is flawed. The fracture lines that run through our society are becoming harder and harder to ignore and, from a unique vantage point, the author warns that we do so at our peril.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Trial One The Fiery Furnace

Trial Two Amid the Alien Corn

Trial Three In the Vale of Tears

Trial Four The Offering

Trial Five The Good Soldier

Trial Six Vengeance Is Mine.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780857528438

0857528432

OCLC:

1314354202