Preet Bharara

eBook, ePUB

Doing Justice (eBook, ePUB)

A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment and the Rule of Law

Beschreibung

The New York Times Bestseller 'Simply, utterly brilliant. Bursting with humility and humanity' The Secret Barrister 'An elegant, philosophical and, at times, moving memoir of what it is like to serve as America's most high-profile legal official' Financial Times Multi-million-dollar fraud. Terrorism. Mafia criminality. Russian espionage. As United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara prosecuted some of the most high-profile cases in America. In Doing Justice he takes us inside America's criminal justice system to deliver a powerful meditation on justice - what it is, who dispenses it, how it works - and what the law can teach us about thinking and acting justly in our own lives.

Technische Details

• Geräte: eReader
• mit Kopierschutz
• Größe: 0.4MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Preet Bharara was appointed US Attorney for the Southern District of New York by Barack Obama in 2009 and served in that role until 2017, overseeing the investigation and litigation of all criminal and civil cases. He is the Executive Vice President of Some Spider Studios and the host of CAFE's Stay Tuned with Preet, a podcast focused on issues of justice and fairness. He lives in New York. @PreetBharara

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781408899014
• Artikelnr.: 55359061

Rezensionen

Doing Justice is about ordinary fallibility, and how those responsible for the dispensation of justice are regular humans, prone to act as humans do . . . Filled with sobering stories about error and - in the more beautiful, memorable cases - ingenuity, determination, redemption New York Times