Law Audiobooks | Non-Fiction

Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

Brought to you by Penguin. 'Every day in the UK lives are suddenly, brutally, wickedly taken away. Victims are shot or stabbed. Less often they are strangled or suffocated or beaten to death. Rarely they are poisoned, pushed off high buildings, drowned or set alight. Then there are the many who are killed by dangerous drivers, or corporate gross negligence. There are a lot of ways you can kill someone. I know because I've seen most of them at close quarters.' As one of just a few judges licensed to try murder cases at the Old Bailey, the author has presided over many of the high-profile cases that all too often grab our attention in dramatic media headlines - for every unlawful death tells a story. But, unlike most of us, a judge doesn't get to turn the page and move on. Nor does the defendant, or the family of the victim, nor the many other people who populate the court room. Peeling apart six dramatic murder and manslaughter cases, Unlawful Killings removes this distinction between 'them' and 'us'. By detailing the inner workings of the Old Bailey and UK law, the author makes clear that each of us has a vested interest in what happens in the court room - especially when it comes to the death of a fellow human being. Any one of us could end up in the witness-box or even in the dock. And yet most people have only the sketchiest idea of what happens inside a Crown Court. With breath-taking skill and deep compassion, the author describes how cases unfold and illustrates exactly what it's like to be a murder trial judge and a witness to human good and bad. Sometimes very bad. Right now, with our courts straining under the weight of the many heinous crimes being committed, it's not merely the system that is flawed. The fracture lines that run through our society are becoming harder and harder to ignore and, from a unique vantage point, the author warns that we do so at our peril. © Anonymous 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Her Honour Wendy Joseph Kc, Her Honour Wendy Joseph Qc, Wendy Joseph (Author), Her Honour Wendy Joseph Kc, Her Honour Wendy Joseph Qc, Rachel Bavidge, Roy Mcmillan, Wendy Joseph (Narrator)

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Who Decides?: States as Laboratories of Constitutional Experimentation

Everything in law and politics, including individual rights, comes back to divisions of power and the evergreen question: Who decides? Who wins the disputes of the day often turns on who decides them. And our acceptance of the resolution of those disputes often turns on who the decision maker is-because it reveals who governs us. In Who Decides, the influential US Appellate Court Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton focuses on the constitutional structure of the American states to answer the question of who should decide the key questions of public policy today. By concentrating on the role of governmental structure in shaping power across the fifty American states, Sutton develops a powerful explanation of American constitutional law, in all of its variety, as opposed to just federal constitutional law. Sutton compares state-level governments with the federal government and draws numerous insights from the comparisons. Instead of focusing on individual rights, however, he focuses on structure. Who Decides makes the case that American Constitutional Law should account for the role of the state courts and state constitutions, together with the federal courts and the federal constitution, in assessing the right balance of power among all branches of government.

Jeffrey S. Sutton (Author), Jonathan Yen (Narrator)

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Der Taschenanwalt: Die spannendsten Rechtsfragen einfach geklärt

Mit dem Auto in zweiter Reihe parken, um kurz die Hemden aus der Reinigung abzuholen, kostet Autofahrer ein Bußgeld von mindestens 55 Euro. Wer noch dazu mit dem Warnblinker auf sein stehendes Fahrzeug aufmerksam macht, zahlt 5 Euro extra. Hätte man den Warnblinker besser nicht eingeschaltet … doch woher soll man das denn wissen? Ganz einfach: Der Taschenanwalt verrät es! Der bekannte Rechtsanwalt Christian Solmecke, dessen YouTube-Kanal Kanzlei WBS 850 000 Abonnenten begeistert, erlebt in seinem Kanzleialltag die verrücktesten Dinge. In seinem Buch behandelt er die wichtigsten, interessantesten und kniffligsten Rechtsfragen, mit denen er im Laufe seiner Anwaltskarriere konfrontiert wurde: von Namensrechten bei der Geburt eines Kindes über Rückerstattungen für eine misslungene Reise bis hin zu Problemen im Arbeitsleben, im Straßenverkehr, beim Scheitern einer Ehe oder in einem Erbschaftsstreit. Vieles gilt es im Alltag zu wissen, einiges zu beachten. Mit dem Taschenanwalt hat man stets die passende Antwort auf alle Fragen parat.

Christian Solmecke (Author), Christian Solmecke (Narrator)

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Employment Law: Very Short Introduction

In today's society, work takes up a vast proportion of the time and energy of ordinary people. Although use of the phrase 'work-life balance' is now commonplace in the media and ordinary conversation, people work longer hours than ever before. However, rather than purely a means to an end in terms of supporting oneself financially, the workplace is a place to develop skills and talents and build lasting friendships. For these reasons, people want to know about their rights in the workplace. Issues of equal pay, discrimination, discharge/dismissal, and redundancy are prevalent within the media, and there is a growing public appetite for knowledge of the law governing the employment relationship. This Very Short Introduction provides an overview of the main kinds of employment rights and labor laws found in many countries. It unpicks and evaluates some of the assumptions underpinning contemporary attitudes to such rights and laws in order to measure whether they are warranted. Throughout it also considers the economic, political, sociological, and social justifications for employment rights and laws.

David Cabrelli (Author), Mike Cooper (Narrator)

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Unrecht im Namen des Volkes

Unschuldig schuldig - wie dieser Widerspruch wahr werden kann, zeigt Kriminalreporterin Sabine Rückert in ihrem Werk 'Unrecht im Namen des Volkes'. Zuvor hatte die Autorin in ihrem aufsehenerregenden Titel 'Tote haben keine Lobby' anhand konkreter Fälle erzählt, wie viele Morde ungesühnt bleiben. In ihrem neuen Buch schildert sie nun anhand eines Missbrauchsvorwurfs, wie zwei unschuldige Menschen von der Justiz trotz eindeutiger Beweise fälschlicherweise zu vielen Jahren Haft verurteilt wurden. Schockierend, haarsträubend, wahr und im Namen des Volkes: Rückert stellt erneut unsere Vorstellung des deutschen Rechtskorpus infrage.-

Sabine Rückert (Author), Gina Pietsch (Narrator)

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The Author Heir Handbook: How to Manage an Author Estate

An author has died. You're responsible for managing their estate, and it's a mess. Are you overwhelmed? Frustrated? You might be feeling that this responsibility the author gave you is more of a burden than a gift. You know that managing the author's books will make money and provide for you and the author's heirs, but you probably have no idea where to start. The Author Heir Handbook is a concise guide for heirs written in PLAIN ENGLISH that will help you understand an author's publishing business, the different components that the deceased author used to create books and income, and how to manage those components. It will save you countless hours by helping you figure out where to spend your time and effort. This book will help you: - Avoid making mistakes that could cripple the estate - Locate the author's manuscripts - Take an inventory of all the author's works (with an easy template to save time) - Determine which online accounts the author used (and how to access them) - Manage the money - Get hired help when you need it (and how to avoid scams) - Keep the author's books relevant for new generations - Create income for you and your family, the way the author intended Managing an author estate is hard work, but this book will help simplify the process. You just might even be able to do more with the estate than the author ever could in their lifetime. Purchase your copy today, and don’t do things the hard way! V1.0

M.L. Ronn (Author), Craig Van Ness (Narrator)

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No Hay Nada Oculto: Nada

Entre cielo y tierra no hay nada oculto dice un refrán, y vaya que cierto que sí es, y es que hay algunos criminales que para cometer sus cometidos emplean tácticas casi que perfectas, pero, aunque ellos piensen que sus planes son perfectos la justicia tarde o temprano los atrapa es por esta razón amigo lector que a través de estas letras busco compartir contigo sobre unos casos tan impactantes que parecieran no ser reales, pero lo son casos como el de aquellos que quemaron a su hermana por dinero, y que no confíes en tu mejor amiga, además del conmovedor caso de la atleta y su esposo, el caso rodríguez vega, y del caníbal de Tuxtla, así como el caso de las mochilas, y el caso real nepalí el asesino de la sonrisa y el cat- killer. Así que espero disfrutes de este libro y además lo puedas compartir con alguien mas.

Onofre Quezada (Author), Anonimo (Narrator)

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The Kubark Counterintelligence Interrogation Manual

Released by the Freedom of Information Act. This document is a thorough description of how the CIA recommends interrogating a subject. To get the information that is needed there is nothing withheld short of torture. For example in 'Threats and Fears,' the CIA authors note that 'the threat of coercion usually weakens or destroys resistance more effectively than coercion itself. The threat to inflict pain, for example, can trigger fears more damaging than the immediate sensation of pain.' Under the subheading 'Pain,' the guidelines discuss the theories behind various thresholds of pain, and recommend that a subject's 'resistance is likelier to be sapped by pain which he seems to inflict upon himself' such rather than by direct torture. The report suggests forcing the detainee to stand at attention for long periods of time. A section on sensory deprivations suggests imprisoning detainees in rooms without sensory stimuli of any kind, 'in a cell which has no light,' for example.

Central Intelligence Agency (Author), John Riddle (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - Derecho de Autor Nuevas Tecnologías, Cambios Legales y Más Cultura Para Todos

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital. La manera en que vemos a los autores, los libros y al mercado editorial, está fuertemente marcada por la historia. La tecnología ha evolucionado mucho más rápido que nuestras mentalidades. Las leyes de derechos de autor alrededor del mundo fueron creadas para los libros impresos, vendidos en territorios domésticos y no son adecuadas para el mundo virtual, donde los libros son intangibles y vendidos en todo el mundo a través del Internet. En el mercado del libro virtual, algunos conceptos clave de las leyes actuales de derechos de autor, se han vuelto obsoletos. Este libro, explica por qué ciertos conceptos legales, como el de propiedad intelectual, o la idea tradicional de justicia no se han adaptado al nuevo mercado emergente del libro. Después propone otras soluciones. Finalmente, presenta algunas guías para modernizar la ley de derechos de autor y así ayudar a que el emergente mercado del libro virtual se encamine hacia la creación de una civilización marcada por la libertad de expresión y abundancia de información para todos, con el más alto respeto a los derechos de autor.

Anna Mancini (Author), Voz Digital Sara G (Narrator)

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Nothing But The Truth: Stories of Crime, Guilt and the Loss of Innocence

A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK From the NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR, a memoir full of hilarious, personal and surprising stories from their working life. This is the Secret Barrister at their very best. Just how do you become a barrister? Why do only 1 per cent of those who study law succeed in joining this mysteriously opaque profession? And why might a practising barrister come to feel the need to reveal the lies, secrets, failures and crises at the heart of this world of wigs and gowns? Nothing But The Truth charts an outsider’s progress down the winding path towards practising at the Bar, taking in the sometimes absurd traditions of the Inns of Court, where every meal mandates a glass of port and a toast to the Queen, to the Hunger Games-type contest for pupillage, through the endlessly frustrating experience of being a junior barrister – as a creaking, ailing justice system begins to convince them that something has to change . . . Full of hilarious, shocking and surprising stories, Nothing But The Truth tracks the Secret Barrister’s transformation from hang ‘em and flog ‘em, austerity-supporting twenty-something to campaigning, bestselling, reforming author whose writing in defence of the law is celebrated around the globe. It asks questions about what we understand by justice, and what it takes to change our minds. It also reveals the darker side of working in criminal law, and how the things our justice system gets wrong are not the things most people expect. PRAISE FOR THE SECRET BARRISTER: ‘Dishes the dirt — or serves up a slice of reality — on what barristers do’ - The Times ‘An illuminating and timely insight into the legal system . . . fascinating’ - Sunday Express ‘Excellent . . . at once a vicious polemic, a helpful primer and a cringe-inducing account of one barrister’s travails’ - Daily Telegraph

The Secret Barrister (Author), Jack Hawkins (Narrator)

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When Freedom Speaks: The Boundaries and the Boundlessness of Our First Amendment Right

This book makes first amendment issues immediate and contemporary. When Freedom Speaks chronicles the stories behind our First Amendment right to speak our minds. Lynn Levine Greenky's background as a lawyer, rhetorician, and teacher gives her a unique perspective on the protection we have from laws that abridge our right to the freedom of speech. Rhetoricians focus on language and how it influences perception and moves people to action. Powerfully employing that rhetorical approach, this book explores concepts related to free speech as moral narratives that proscribe the boundaries of our constitutionally protected right. Using the characters and drama embedded in legal cases that elucidate First Amendment principles, When Freedom Speaks makes the concepts easier to understand and clearly applicable to our lives. With a wide range of examples and accessible language, this book is the perfect overview of the First Amendment.

Lynn Greenky (Author), Lisa S. Ware (Narrator)

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The Most Human Right: Why Free Speech is Everything

What are human rights? Are they laid out definitively in the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights or the US Bill of Rights? Are they items on a checklist—dignity, justice, progress, standard of living, health care, housing? In The Most Human Right, Eric Heinze explains why global human rights systems have failed. International organizations constantly report on how governments manage human goods, such as fair trials, humane conditions of detention, health care, or housing. But to appease autocratic regimes, experts have ignored the primacy of free speech. Heinze argues that goods become rights only when citizens can claim them publicly and fearlessly: free speech is the fundamental right, without which the very concept of a “right” makes no sense. Heinze argues that throughout history countless systems of justice have promised human goods. What, then, makes human rights different? What must human rights have that other systems have lacked? Heinze revisits the origins of the concept, exploring what it means for a nation to protect human rights, and what a citizen needs in order to pursue them. He explains how free speech distinguishes human rights from other ideas about justice, past and present.

Eric Heinze (Author), Julian Elfer (Narrator)

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