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.
| ISBN: | 9780195129854 |
| Publication date: | 18th May 2000 |
| Author: | William C Heffernan |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 308 pages |
| Series: | Practical and Professional Ethics |
| Genres: |
Poverty and precarity Criminal law: procedure and offences Methods, theory and philosophy of law |