Law without justice:why criminal law doesn't give people what they deserve
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Oxford University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford New York |
Publication Dates: | 2006. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xi, 319 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
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0195160150 (cloth (10-digit)) 9780195160154 (cloth (10-digit)) |
Index Number: | D971 |
CLC: | D971.26 |
Call Number: | D971.26/R663 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-311) and index. Introduction -- Objectives and organization -- The relevance of the project -- 1. Doing justice and the distractions from it -- Why focus on doing justice? -- A further word on what we mean by "doing justice" -- The utility of desert : the practical costs of deviations from doing justice -- pt. I. Promoting justice in a complex world -- 2. Fear of manipulation and abuse -- Is a federal prison guard a "peace officer"? -- Rejecting a defense for reasonable mistake of law (or for necessity, or immaturity) -- "Whoosh, whoosh, push" -- Improperly narrowing or rejecting legitimate excuses -- Sodom |