From Social Justice to Criminal Justice : Poverty and the Administration of Criminal Law / edited by William C. Heffernan and John Kleinig.

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: Practical and professional ethics seriesPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.Description: xi, 294 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

0195129857

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DDC classification:

364.973 21

LOC classification:

HV9950 .F79 2000

Summary: The economically deprived come into contact with the criminal court system in disproportionate numbers. 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 defences

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Books	Library First Floor	HV9950 .F79 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available	8773
Books	Library First Floor	HV9950 .F79 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	8772

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The economically deprived come into contact with the criminal court system in disproportionate numbers. 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 defences

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