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Law without justice : why criminal law doesn't give people what they deserve
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Law without justice : why criminal law doesn't give people what they deserve

Author: Paul H Robinson; Michael T Cahill
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This book is a ... for thoughtful legislators and all the rest of us who seek justice for persons charged with crimes-proportional punishment of the guilty, and exculpation of the morally blameless. The authors demonstrate, with remarkable lucidity, how and why the criminal law sometimes deliberately sacrifices justice for other goals, and they provide thoughtful, controversial, and often persuasive suggestions on  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Robinson, Paul H., 1948-
Law without justice.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006
(OCoLC)607873432
Online version:
Robinson, Paul H., 1948-
Law without justice.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006
(OCoLC)608098226
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Paul H Robinson; Michael T Cahill
ISBN: 9780195160154 0195160150
OCLC Number: 57694849
Description: xi, 319 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Doing justice and the distractions from it --
Fear of manipulation and abuse --
Advancing reliability --
Making the most of limited resources --
Living by rules --
Controlling crime and criminals --
Controlling police and prosecutors --
Promoting interests unrelated to criminal justice --
Criminal justice reforms --
Employing civil rather than criminal processes.
Responsibility: Paul H. Robinson and Michael T. Cahill.

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Offering a look at American criminal law, this book demonstrates that cases with unjust outcomes are not always irregular or unpredictable. It aims to show that the criminal law sometimes chooses not  Read more...
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