5 must-read sociology books like Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women by Helena Kennedy

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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…

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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

Similar categories in Nicholas J. McBride's Letters to a Law Student: A Guide to Studying Law at University book and Helena Kennedy's Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women

  • law
  • nonfiction
  • school
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2. Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class

By: Owen Jones

4.09

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

In modern Britain, the working class has become an object of fear and ridicule. From Little Britain… read more

Similar categories in Owen Jones's Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class book and Helena Kennedy's Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"High Priestess of the Slagocracy"

-Owen Jones, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class

"Demonisation is the ideological backbone of an unequal society."

-Owen Jones, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class

"Taken together, New Labour policies have helped to build a series of overlapping chav caricatures: the feckless, the non-aspirational, the scrounger, the dysfunctional and the disorderly. To hear thi…"

-Owen Jones, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class

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3. The Establishment: And How They Get Away with It

By: Owen Jones

3.32

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

In The EstablishmentOwen Jones, author of the international bestseller Chavs, offers a biting criti… read more

Similar categories in Owen Jones's The Establishment: And How They Get Away with It book and Helena Kennedy's Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook

4. 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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5. Fix the System, Not the Women

By: Laura Bates

4.52

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Too often, we blame women. For walking home alone at night. For not demanding a seat at the table. … read more

Similar categories in Laura Bates's Fix the System, Not the Women book and Helena Kennedy's Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women

  • feminism
  • politics
  • gender
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"So how do we fix it? The short answer is that we don't. We have wasted decades telling women and girls how to fix things. How to fix themselves. How to stay safe. It hasn't worked. Because women were…"

-Laura Bates, Fix the System, Not the Women

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6. Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights

By: Helen Lewis

4.23

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Well-behaved women don’t make history: difficult women do. Feminism’s success is down to compli… read more

Similar categories in Helen Lewis's Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights book and Helena Kennedy's Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women

  • feminism
  • politics
  • gender
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"Women's history should not be a shallow hunt for heroines."

-Helen Lewis, Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights

"If feminism doesn't frighten people with power, it is toothless."

-Helen Lewis, Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights

"Women need time and space to play - particularly when we work so hard"

-Helen Lewis, Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights

"Feminism has to fight 'the tyranny of niceness'. It is, and has always been, one of the most potent forces holding women back."

-Helen Lewis, Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights

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

By: The Secret Barrister

3.90

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to the world of the Secret Barrister. These are the stories of life inside the courtroom. T… read more

Similar categories in The Secret Barrister's The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken book and Helena Kennedy's Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women

  • politics
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. 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

Similar categories in Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey book and Helena Kennedy's Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women

  • politics
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. 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 Helena Kennedy's Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women

  • school
  • politics
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • 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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10. 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

Similar categories in Alexandra Wilson's In Black and White book and Helena Kennedy's Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women

  • feminism
  • politics
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. 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

Similar categories in Sarah Langford's In Your Defence: True Stories of Life and Law book and Helena Kennedy's Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women

  • politics
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. Nothing But The Truth

By: The Secret Barrister

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Just how do you become a barrister? Why do only 1 per cent of those who study law succeed in joinin… read more

Similar categories in The Secret Barrister's Nothing But The Truth book and Helena Kennedy's Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women

  • politics
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen

By: Peter Apps

4.77

Format: 304 pages, ebook

The truth about Grenfell at long last. It is hardly possible to admit it. That the biggest tower bl… read more

Similar categories in Peter Apps's Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen book and Helena Kennedy's Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. 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

Similar categories in William Clegg's Under the Wig: A Lawyer's Stories of Murder, Guilt and Innocence book and Helena Kennedy's Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women

  • politics
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. 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

Similar categories in Chris Atkins's Time After Time: Repeat Offenders – the Inside Stories book and Helena Kennedy's Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. 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

Similar categories in Helena Kennedy's Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women book and Helena Kennedy's Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women

  • unfinished
  • school
  • feminism
  • politics
  • gender
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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17. Trials of the State: Law and the Decline of Politics

By: Jonathan Sumption

4.14

Format: 74 pages, Kindle Edition

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERIn the past few decades, legislatures throughout the world have suffered f… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Sumption's Trials of the State: Law and the Decline of Politics book and Helena Kennedy's Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • law
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18. Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison

By: Alex South

4.52

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

'The men I have worked with and the staff I've worked alongside over the last ten years in prison h… read more

Similar categories in Alex South's Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison book and Helena Kennedy's Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. The Prosecutor

By: Nazir Afzal

4.43

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Nazir Afzal knows a thing or two about justice. As a Chief Prosecutor, it was his job to make sure … read more

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  • politics
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. 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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  • feminism
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
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21. Rough Justice: Do we have the law we deserve?

By: Wendy Joseph

4.48

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

What is justice ? Do our legal courts dispense it? Has our judicial process improved, for the victi… read more

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  • law
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

18 Top audiobook books like Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women by Helena Kennedy

Transform Your Habits

Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class

Owen Jones

4.09

Transform Your Habits

The Establishment: And How They Get Away with It

Owen Jones

3.32

Transform Your Habits

Fix the System, Not the Women

Laura Bates

4.52

Transform Your Habits

Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights

Helen Lewis

4.23

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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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