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From Social Justice to Criminal Justice : Poverty and the Administration of Criminal Law, Hardback Book

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

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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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