From Social Justice To Criminal Justice. Poverty And The Administration Of Criminal Law

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 2000
Edition: First Edition

Description: 312 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The economically deprived come into contact with the criminal court system in disproportionate number. 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 defenses.

ISBN: 0195129857