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Just LawJust Law by Helena Kennedy
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My Brief Career: The Trials of a Young LawyerMy Brief Career: The Trials of a Young Lawyer by Harry Mount
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This is an amusing anecdotal insight into the bizarre world of the Inns of Court. A warning to would-be pupils with romanticised notions of the Bar.
Eve Was Framed: Women and British JusticeEve Was Framed: Women and British Justice by Helena Kennedy
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Bleak House (Wordsworth Classics)Bleak House (Wordsworth Classics) by Charles Dickens
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The Juryman's TaleThe Juryman's Tale by Trevor Grove
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An engaging and rare examination of the jury system from the point of view of a jury involved in a long criminal trial. Good reading.
The Magistrate's Tale: A Front Line Report from a New JPThe Magistrate's Tale: A Front Line Report from a New JP by Trevor Grove
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Magistrates: pillars of local justice or inept busy-bodies? Having had his interest in the role of the layperson in the British justice system piqued by a stint on a jury, Trevor Grove signs up...
No Ordinary ManNo Ordinary Man by Dominic Carman
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An unflinching insight into Carman's life which raises as many uncomfortable truths as it does interesting anecdotes from one of the most successful legal careers of the late twentieth century.
The First Rumpole OmnibusThe First Rumpole Omnibus by John Mortimer
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The Justice GameThe Justice Game by Geoffrey Robertson
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Legal ManLegal Man by Belle & Sebastian
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A song to relax to after all that reading. Actually a love song using legal jargon - by the band's own admission it's not particularly profound but it makes me smile.