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

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

Edited by William C. Heffernan, John 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 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.

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