Synopsis
THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'A powerful polemic' - The Sunday Times
'A compelling, eye-opening read' - Daily Express
– Did an illegal immigrant avoid deportation because he had a cat?
– Is the law on the side of the burglar who enters your home?
– Are unelected judges ‘enemies of the people’?
Most of us think the law is only relevant to criminals, if...
Details
27 May 2021
416 pages
9781529009989
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Well written, both punchy and providing concise explanations of complex laws . . . a powerful polemic that also acts as a primer about our legal rightsRosamund Urwin, Sunday Times
The Secret Barrister mounts a powerful defence of lawyers and the law from their noisy detractors . . . this is an urgent and highly readable book. You will come away from it feeling that your mind has been purgedThomas Grant, The Times
Fake Law is a compelling, eye-opening read and should act as a wake-up call for anyone with an interest in how the law, and, by extension, society and justice function – that is to say, every one of us.Huston Gilmore, Daily Express
The authority of this author is in the sheer quality of the writing. To keep up to this standard in tweet after tweet, blogpost after blogpost, and now book after book is remarkable – especially if, as the author tells us, they do all this in addition to a busy and stressful criminal practiceProspect