From Social Justice to Criminal Justice : Poverty and the Administration of Criminal Law Hardback
Edited by William C. Heffernan, John (both Associate Professors of Law, both Associate Professors of Law, John Jay College Kleinig
Part of the Practical and Professional Ethics series
Hardback
Description
The economically deprived come into contact with the criminal court system in disproportionate numbers.
This collection of original, interactive essays, written from a variety of ideological perspectives, explores some of the more troubling questions and ethical dilemmas inherent in this situation.
The contributors, including well-known legal and political philosophers Philip Pettit, George Fletcher, and Jeremy Waldron, examine issues such as heightened vulnerability, indigent representation, and rotten social background defences.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:308 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:18/05/2000
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- ISBN:9780195129854
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:308 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:18/05/2000
- Category:
- ISBN:9780195129854