Ordinary Injustice: How America Holds Court, by lawyer and journalist Amy Bach. She visited courts from Mississippi to Chicago to New York, examining how everyday justice works -- or, to be precise, doesn't work.
One of the most powerful and important books on the law published in 2009 is Ordinary Injustice: How America Holds Court, by lawyer and journalist Amy Bach. She visited courts from Mississippi to Chicago to New York, examining how everyday justice works -- or, to be precise, doesn't work.
When she saw things falling through the cracks, she looked into the cracks and found out why, and what happened. She found not only overzealous prosecution but under-prosecution, as well as overworked defense lawyers and judges. Overall, she found chummy courthouse communities where parties who are supposed to be adversaries have little interest or incentive to call attention to the injustice and incompetence they see. Defendants and the public that is supposed to see justice being done are the victims
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