Critique of the Legal Order: Crime Control in Capitalist Society

ISBN-13: 9781138521582 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 234 str.

Richard Quinney; Randall G. Shelden

Opis

A critical look at the legal order in capitalist society. Using a traditional Marxist perspective, Richard Quinney argues that the legal order is not intended to reduce crime and suffering, but to maintain class differences and a social order that mainly benefits the ruling class.

Spis treści

1: A Critical Philosophy of Legal Order; 2: Knowledge and Order; 3: Preservation of Domestic Order by the Ruling Class; 4: Crime Control in the Capitalist State; 5: Ideology of Legal Order; 6: Toward a Socialist Society

O autorze

Richard Quinney, Randall G. Shelden