The Law Machine

Author: Clare Dyer and Marcel Berlins

The authors explain and discuss how the justice system evolved, the way it operates - including descriptions of the trial process - and how lawyers work.

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The authors explain and discuss how the justice system evolved, the way it operates - including descriptions of the trial process - and how lawyers work.

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The authors explain and discuss how the justice system evolved, the way it operates - including vivid descriptions of the trial process - and how lawyers work. Revised and updated throughout for this fifth edition, THE LAW MACHINE surveys recent developments in the workings of justice and the outlook for the future. 'Refreshingly free of the patronizing attitude and the humbug with which other books about the legal system are riddled' - THES

About the Author

Marcel Berlins, a former practising lawyer, has written several books and presented a number of television series, including The Law Machine. He presents 'Law in Action' on BBC Radio 4 and writes a weekly legal column in the Guardian. Clare Dyer, asolicitor, is legal correspondent of the Guardian and the British Medical Journal.