Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law
By Preet Bharara
Description
From one-time federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York and 32nd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference keynote speaker Preet Bharara comes a book that provides you with an important overview of the way the American justice system works, and why the rule of law is essential to our survival as a society.
In “Doing Justice,” Bharara provides you with 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.
Product Details
Label | Value |
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ISBN | 978-0525521129 |
Publisher | Knopf |
Published | Copyright 2019 |
Pages | 368 |
Format | Hardcover |
Table of Contents
Preface | |
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Part I | Inquiry |
Introduction | |
Chapter 1 | The Truth Is Elusive: The Boys |
Chapter 2 | Things Are Not "What They Seem: "Urbane Cowboys" |
Chapter 3 | Gold-Standard Investigators: The Ethic of the Mob Buster Kenny McCabe |
Chapter 4 | The Problem of Confirmation Bias: Latent Fingerprint 17 |
Chapter 5 | The Need for Rigor: A Death in Soundview |
Chapter 6 | Curiosity and Query: Asking Basic Questions |
Chapter 7 | The Principles of Interrogation: "Barbarism Is Not Necessary" |
Chapter 8 | Snitches: The Moral Quicksand of Cooperating Witnesses |
Chapter 9 | Continuity and Change: Justice Through Innovation |
Part II | Accusation |
Introduction | |
Chapter 10 | The Grinding Machinery |
Chapter 11 | God Forbid |
Chapter 12 | Walking Away |
Chapter 13 | Culture |
Chapter 14 | Bollywood |
Part III | Judgement |
Introduction | |
Chapter 15 | Day in Court |
Chapter 16 | The Judge |
Chapter 17 | The Trail |
Chapter 18 | Three Men in a Room |
Chapter 19 | The Verdict |
Part IV | Punishment |
Introduction | |
Chapter 20 | Baby Carlina |
Chapter 21 | Lord of the Flies |
Chapter 22 | Beyond Justice |
Acknowledgements | |
Index |
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