Unequal Protection: Women, Children, and the Elderly in Court

ISBN-13: 9780393309546 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 260 str.

Lois G. Forer

Opis

Anglo-American common law is based on what a reasonable adult male would or would not do but not everyone in society is a reasonable adult male. For the elderly, children, and women, a legal decision can sometimes turn out tragically wrong, even when the lawyers, jurors, and judge are all competent and conscientious. Unequal Protection is a trial judge s account of her search for the causes of these wrong decisions."