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Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women (Paperback)
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Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women (Paperback)

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Paperback 352 Pages
Published: 05/09/2019
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An impassioned polemic against the institutionalised prejudice at the heart of the British legal system, Misjustice confronts a catalogue of appalling misogyny and violence towards women. Meticulously researched and cogently argued by leading lawyer Kennedy, this is a clarion call for change that simply cannot be ignored.

Two women a week are killed by a spouse or partner. Every seven minutes a woman is raped. Now is the time for change.

'Fascinating and chilling' - Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible Women

Helena Kennedy, one of our most eminent lawyers and defenders of human rights, examines the pressing new evidence that women are being discriminated against when it comes to the law.

From the shocking lack of female judges to the scandal of female prisons and the double discrimination experienced by BAME women, Kennedy shows with force and fury that change for women must start at the heart of what makes society just.

Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9781784707682
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 245 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 21 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

'Stimulating and scary' - Jeanette Winterson, The Guardian 

'An excellent and forensic takedown... fascinating and chilling... women are being let down wholesale by a justice system designed with men in mind. And almost the worst thing is, it doesn't have to be this way' - Caroline Criado-Perez, The Guardian

'An unflinching look at women in the justice system... an important book because it challenges acquiescence to everyday sexism and inspires change' -- Kirsty Brimelow, The Times

'Helena Kennedy has written a chilling expose of how the law has historically failed women. Taking no prisoners, Kennedy outlines the damage we must undo, and the changes we must make. Eve was Shamed is a necessary book for the #MeToo era' - Amanda Foreman

'Passionate and persuasive proof that equal justice is an ideal yet to be achieved. Drawing upon her outstanding career at the defence Bar and of leading reform in Parliament, Helena Kennedy eloquently urges an end to the discrimination and dehumanisation that women suffer in the courts, and in their lives' - Geoffrey Robertson QC

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“This will make you angry and then scared”

This is a scouring exposure of the rampant misogyny within both the British law and legal system. Revealing the inherent inequality it is scathing of the British legal system but never strays into the rabidity of a... More

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