Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law

By Preet Bharara

Book Overview

*A New York Times Bestseller*

An important overview of the way our justice system works, and why the rule of law is essential to our survival as a society--from the one-time federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, and host of the Doing Justice podcast.

Preet Bharara has spent much of his life examining our legal system, pushing to make it better, and prosecuting those looking to subvert it. Bharara believes in our system and knows it must be protected, but to do so, he argues, we must also acknowledge and allow for flaws both in our justice system and in human nature.

Bharara uses the 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.

Inspiring and inspiringly written, Doing Justice gives us hope that rational and objective fact-based thinking, combined with compassion, can help us achieve truth and justice in our daily lives. Sometimes poignant and sometimes controversial, Bharara's expose is a thought-provoking, entertaining book about the need to find the humanity in our legal system as well as in our society.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525521127
• ISBN13: 9780525521129
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Best non-fiction, objective crime book I’ve read in quite some time.

As a former Attorney General for the SDNY he is exceptionally well-versed in the practice of law and the idiosyncrasies of law vis-a-vis the SDNY. It’s also about managing and motivating your staff, staff who have incredibly difficult and traumatic cases. But reading the book is like talking to one of your friends who is crazy smart but up for grabbing a beer and just telling stories. The book is about cases they’ve prosecuted but more importantly it’s about the cases they don’t prosecute and the office mission of justice over wins. Preet is (or was) a smart, effective, thoughtful AG. He always engaged and instilled in his staff the concept of justice. Not revenge, but justice. Preet’s investigator, John O’Malley, (a 20-year homicide cop before joining SDNY) became aware of a young man who was likely wrongly convicted. John ruffled some feathers, but he also got justice. I found out that Preet is persona non grata in one country and a hero in another. One of the most interesting, contemporary law books out there. He works his son’s Rubik cube obsession into solving crime (and not in the way you’d think.) That alone should hook you but if not you should buy it because it’s a seriously great book from clearly a great man.