9780195160154-0195160150-Law without Justice: Why Criminal Law Doesn't Give People What They Deserve

Law without Justice: Why Criminal Law Doesn't Give People What They Deserve

ISBN-13: 9780195160154
ISBN-10: 0195160150
Edition: 1
Author: Paul H. Robinson, Michael T. Cahill
Publication date: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover 336 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780195160154
ISBN-10: 0195160150
Edition: 1
Author: Paul H. Robinson, Michael T. Cahill
Publication date: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover 336 pages

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Law without Justice: Why Criminal Law Doesn't Give People What They Deserve (ISBN-13: 9780195160154 and ISBN-10: 0195160150), written by authors Paul H. Robinson, Michael T. Cahill, was published by Oxford University Press in 2005. With an overall rating of 4.0 stars, it's a notable title among other Criminal Law (Reference, Law Practice) books. You can easily purchase or rent Law without Justice: Why Criminal Law Doesn't Give People What They Deserve (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Criminal Law books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.35.

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If an innocent person is sent to prison or if a killer walks free, we are outraged. The legal system assures us, and we expect and demand, that it will seek to "do justice" in criminal cases. So why, for some cases, does the criminal law deliberately and routinely sacrifice justice? In this unflinching look at American criminal law, Paul Robinson and Michael Cahill demonstrate that cases with unjust outcomes are not always irregular or unpredictable. Rather, the criminal law sometimes chooses not to give defendants what they deserve: that is, unsatisfying results occur even when the system works as it is designed to work. The authors find that while some justice-sacrificing doctrines serve their intended purpose, many others do not, or could be replaced by other, better rules that would serve the purpose without abandoning a just result. With a panoramic view of the overlapping and often competing goals that our legal institutions must balance on a daily basis, Law without Justice challenges us to restore justice to the criminal justice system.

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