7 must-read true crime books like Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies by The Secret Barrister

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Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies

By: The Secret Barrister

4.20

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Could the courts really order the death of your innocent baby? Was there an illegal immigrant who c…

"We deceive ourselves, our cognitive dissonance only resolved by our brains reassuring us that, in spite of what anyone else might think, we know we're in the right."

-The Secret Barrister, Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies

If you liked the true crime plot in Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies by The Secret Barrister , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Letters to a Law Student: A Guide to Studying Law at University by Nicholas J. McBride

1. Letters to a Law Student: A Guide to Studying Law at University

By: Nicholas J. McBride

4.13

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

Letters to a Law Student relays all that a prospective law student needs to know before embarking o… read more

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  • law
  • nonfiction
  • school
  • education
Cover of Is Eating People Wrong?: Great Legal Cases and How they Shaped the World by Allan C. Hutchinson

2. Is Eating People Wrong?: Great Legal Cases and How they Shaped the World

By: Allan C. Hutchinson

4.04

Format: None pages,

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  • law
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • school

3. The Rule of Law

By: Tom Bingham

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The Rule of Law' is a phrase much used but little examined. The idea of the rule of law as the foun… read more

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4. What About Law: Studying Law at University

By: Catherine Barnard , Janet O'Sullivan , None

4.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

Most young people considering studying law, or pursuing a career in the law, have very little idea … read more

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5. The Life of Lee

By: Lee Evans

4.34

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

Lee Evans is one of the best-loved comedians in the country; a Hollywood star able to sell out aren… read more

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6. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

By: Rory Stewart

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • audiobook
"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"

-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

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7. How They Broke Britain

By: James O'Brien

4.29

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

The revealing, defining account of the dark network that broke out country. Something has gone r… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • audiobook
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8. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

By: David Mitchell

4.16

Format: 433 pages, ebook

A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

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9. How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't

By: Ian Dunt

4.45

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

THE NO.2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWhy do some prime ministers manage to get things done, while others… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • audiobook
Cover of Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey by Wendy    Joseph

10. Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

By: Wendy Joseph

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Every day in the UK lives are suddenly, brutally, wickedly taken away. Victims are shot or stabbed.… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. A Bit of a Stretch

By: Chris Atkins

4.21

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

A shocking and darkly funny account of the reality of Britain's prisons. Where can a tin of tun… read more

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  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies by The Secret Barrister

12. Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies

By: The Secret Barrister

4.20

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Could the courts really order the death of your innocent baby? Was there an illegal immigrant who c… read more

Similar categories in The Secret Barrister's Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies book and The Secret Barrister's Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies

  • history
  • true crime
  • school
  • politics
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • education
  • society
  • audiobook
"We deceive ourselves, our cognitive dissonance only resolved by our brains reassuring us that, in spite of what anyone else might think, we know we're in the right."

-The Secret Barrister, Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies

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13. In Black and White

By: Alexandra Wilson

4.18

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

'I glanced around the courtroom, quickly at first and then repeated it. Slower this time, taking in… read more

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  • politics
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. In Your Defence: True Stories of Life and Law

By: Sarah Langford

4.08

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

Sarah Langford is a barrister. Her job is to stand in court representing the mad and the bad, the v… read more

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  • true crime
  • politics
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. Under the Wig: A Lawyer's Stories of Murder, Guilt and Innocence

By: William Clegg

3.97

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

How do you chat to someone accused of a savage murder? Or prepare a court case? Or sway a jury? … read more

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  • true crime
  • politics
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • education
  • audiobook
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16. Time After Time: Repeat Offenders – the Inside Stories

By: Chris Atkins

4.34

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

A funny, touching, challenging and campaigning book about our prisons crisis by the Sunday Times be… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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17. Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging

By: Afua Hirsch

4.32

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Afua Hirsch is British. Her parents are British. She was raised, educated and socialised in Britain… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Englishness" as an identity is still regarded as exclusive. Englishness is not an identity that many English people regard as open to immigrants."

-Afua Hirsch, Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging

"What makes those with perceived 'English' identities different from others in the UK? One answer is that, unlike Wales, Northern ireland and Scotland, with their devolved legislatures, separate langu…"

-Afua Hirsch, Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging

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18. Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women

By: Helena Kennedy

4.41

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Helena Kennedy forensically examines the pressing new evidence that women are still being discrimin… read more

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  • school
  • politics
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Court Number One: The Old Bailey Trials that Defined Modern Britain by Thomas Grant

19. Court Number One: The Old Bailey Trials that Defined Modern Britain

By: Thomas Grant

4.07

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 'Superbl… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. How Not to Be Wrong: The Art of Changing Your Mind

By: James O'Brien

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

There’s no point having a mind if you never change it In his bestselling How To Be Right , James pr… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • audiobook
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21. Spider Woman: A Life

By: Brenda Hale

4.05

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

Lady Hale is an inspirational figure admired for her historic achievements and for the causes she h… read more

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  • law
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

16 Best audiobook books like Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies by The Secret Barrister

Transform Your Habits

Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

Transform Your Habits

How They Broke Britain

James O'Brien

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

David Mitchell

4.16

Transform Your Habits

How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't

Ian Dunt

4.45

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23 Best audiobook books like In Black and White by Alexandra Wilson

Transform Your Habits

The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken

The Secret Barrister

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

Wendy Joseph

4.43

Transform Your Habits

A Bit of a Stretch

Chris Atkins

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Lowborn: Growing Up, Getting Away and Returning to Britain’s Poorest Towns

Kerry Hudson

4.15

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