Dimensions of Justice: Ethical Issues in the Administration of Criminal Law
- ISBN-10
- 1449634052
- ISBN-13
- 9781449634056
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 346
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-07-24
- Publisher
- Jones & Bartlett Publishers
- Author
- William C. Heffernan
Description
Criminal Justice Is Centrally Concerned With What People Deserve—With The Rights A Defendant Can Properly Claim When Charged With A Crime, With The Punishment A Judge Should Impose For Wrongdoing, And With The Scope Of Discretion Officials May Exercise When Enforcing The Law. Dimensions Of Justice: Ethical Issues In The Administration Of Criminal Law Is The Only Textbook Of Its Kind That Addresses These Questions Of Justice From An Institutional Perspective. Thought-Provoking Features, Including Thought Experiments Boxes That Present Imagined Scenarios To Illustrate The Principles Under Discussion And Justice In Context Boxes That Consider The Real-Life Applications Of Concepts, Along With Clearly Presented Learning Objectives, Create A Strong Foundation In Key Concepts, Pertinent Vocabulary, And Critical-Thinking And Reasoning Skills. Readers Are Introduced To Moral Reasoning And The Underpinnings Of Philosophical Approaches To Justice, Including Readings From Critical Philosophers Such As Aristotle, Augustine, Locke, Kant, And Rawls. Accessible But Rigorous, Dimensions Of Justice: Ethical Issues In The Administration Of Criminal Law Provides A Unique And Innovative Approach That Challenges Students To Develop A New Analytical Framework For Thinking About The Criminal Justice System.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2010-11
- 148 pages
- Paperback
- AuthorHouse
Similar books
-
Property Law: Rules, Policies, and Practices
By Joseph William Singer, Bethany R. Berger, Nestor M. DavidsonSee also Country Community Timberlake Village v. HMW Special Utility District of Harris, 438 S.W.3d 661 (Tex. Ct. App. 2014) (holding that a neighboring ...
-
Entertainment Law and Business
By William D. Henslee, Elizabeth HensleeAfter Justin Timberlake exposed Janet Jackson's pierced nipple on national television for 9/16ths of a second, the FCC received over 540,000 complaints.
-
The Common Law in Colonial America: Volume III: The Chesapeake and New England, 1660-1750
By William E. NelsonVolume III: The Chesapeake and New England, 1660-1750 William E. Nelson ... Decision of Law, Surry County Ct. 1673/74, in Eliza Timberlake Davis ed., ...
-
The Indiana State Constitution
By William P. McLauchlanE. Edwards v. California, 314 U.S. 160 (1941), 66 Edwards v. Housing Authority of City of ... Timberlake, 148 Ind. 38,46 N.E.339 (1897), 69,70 Graves v.
-
Child Support Guidelines: Interpretation and Application
By Laura W. MorganFitzgerald, 4.08[B][2], 5.05[D] Fitzgerald v. ... Mastrapa-Font, 7.03[A][3] Fontaine, In re, 5.05[D] Fontenette v. ... Frost, 5.05[A] Formato v.
-
Maritime Fraud and Piracy
By Paul ToddThe sole remedy is avoidance, however; damages cannot be claimed under s. ... 17, it places a great deal of power in the hands of insurance companies to ...
-
Principles of the Carriage of Goods by Sea
By Paul ToddNormally, a mate«s receipt would later be given up for a bill of lading, ... they necessarily prejudice the rights of those who deal in the goods ...
-
Maryland Employment Law
By Stanley Mazaroff, Todd Horn27 257 U.S. 184, 42 S. Ct. 72, 66 L. Ed. 189 (1921). ... 38 Argensinger, “Right to Strike”: Labor Organization and the New Deal in Baltimore, 78 MD . HIST .
-
Contract Law in New Zealand
By Stephen Todd, Jeremy Finn704 Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017, s. 80. 705 Leith v. Gould [1986] 1 NZLR 760. It is not clear how a New Zealand court would deal with a case such ...
-
Tort Law in New Zealand
By Stephen Todd... to meet the reasonable expectations of claimants about how the corporation should deal with them, by, inter alia, ... 7 Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975, s.