Intelligent debate about the current state of the English legal system is
hard to find, so In the Name of the Law: the Collapse of Criminal Justice by
David Rose (Jonathan Cape, 拢17.99, ISBN 0 224 03744 7) is essential
reading. But don鈥檛 keep it on the bedside table鈥攖hese tales of
miscarriages of justice and corruption at the highest levels will give you
nightmares. A good companion volume to Will Hutton鈥檚 The State We鈥檙e In.
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