Doing Justice
A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law
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An important overview of the way our justice system works, and why the rule of law is essential to our survival as a society—from the one-time federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, and host of the Doing Justice podcast.
Preet Bharara has spent much of his life examining our legal system, pushing to make it better, and prosecuting those looking to subvert it. Bharara believes in our system and knows it must be protected, but to do so, he argues, we must also acknowledge and allow for flaws both in our justice system and in human nature.
Bharara uses the many illustrative anecdotes and case histories from his storied, formidable career—the successes as well as the failures—to shed light on the realities of the legal system and the consequences of taking action.
Inspiring and inspiringly written, Doing Justice gives us hope that rational and objective fact-based thinking, combined with compassion, can help us achieve truth and justice in our daily lives. Sometimes poignant and sometimes controversial, Bharara's expose is a thought-provoking, entertaining book about the need to find the humanity in our legal system as well as in our society.
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Release date
March 19, 2019 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780525595793
- File size: 303363 KB
- Duration: 10:32:00
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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This audiobook recounts the dangers, duties, and adventures of a federal prosecutor. Bharara rose to the position U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York--one of the most powerful law enforcement jobs in the country--and served until he was canned by President Trump. During his career, Bharara went after bad guys of all kinds, including mobsters, drug dealers, politicians, and financial crooks. He describes some of his cases here, using his experiences to illustrate advice to young prosecutors. He's a decent narrator, with a somewhat clipped delivery. His performance is solid, as one might expect from a former courtroom elocutionist and current podcast host, and is a fine support to the audiobook's engaging content. G.S. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine -
Starred review from February 25, 2019
In this fascinating combination of memoir and ethical-legal manifesto, former U.S. attorney Bharara posits that "the model of the American trial has something to teach us... about debate and disagreement and truth and justice." He leads readers through the work of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan, in sections dedicated to inquiry (asking questions, conducting fair interrogations), accusation (choosing if and when to levy charges), judgment (trials, verdicts), and punishment (sentencing, prison reform). His prose has the quality of a well-written speech, with philosophical pronouncements ("Doing justice sometimes requires... a spark of creativity or innovation") followed by supporting tales from both his legal career and his personal life, recounted in a superbly accessible and conversational, even humorous, tone (at one point contrasting media depictions of justice with "the real world... where testosterone doesn't flow like a river in the streets"). Bharara also reminds readers that, while the law is an incredible tool, it is people who create or corrupt justice. With its approachable human moments, tragic and triumphant cases, heroic investigators, and depictions of hardworking everyday people, this book is a rare thing: a page-turning work of practical moral philosophy. Agent: Elyse Cheney, the Cheney Agency.
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