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

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.

• | Author: William C. Heffernan
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 20, 2000
• | Number of Pages: 312 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0195129857
• | ISBN-13: 9780195129854