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

ISBN-13: 9780195129854 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 312 str.

William C. Heffernan; John Kleinig

Opis

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.