Does the law morally bind the poor, or, What good's the Constitution when you can't buy a loaf of br...
Does the law morally bind the poor, or, What good's the Constitution when you can't buy a loaf of br...
Does the law morally bind the poor, or, What good's the Constitution when you can't buy a loaf of bread? / R. George Wright.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : New York University Press, c1996.
Call Numbers
N345.7304/5
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
1. Does the Constitution Morally Bind the Poor? -- 2. The Progressive Logic of Criminal Responsibility and the Circumstances of the Most Deprived -- 3. Desperation and Necessity: Les Miserables on Trial.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : New York University Press, c1996.
Series
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1996.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
In this book R. George Wright traces the most basic legal and political implications of life in circumstances far bleaker than those with which most of us are familiar. While the poor live in the same world as the rest of us, he argues, their world is crucially different. The law, however, fails to recognize this difference. By not taking proper ac...
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Full title
Does the law morally bind the poor, or, What good's the Constitution when you can't buy a loaf of bread? / R. George Wright.
Portion of title
What good's the Constitution when you can't buy a loaf of bread?
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Critical America.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
c1996.
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Call Numbers
N345.7304/5
Record Identifier
74VM57gjZmWX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM57gjZmWX
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ISBN
0814792944 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780814792940 (cloth : acid-free paper)
DDC
345.7304
347.3054
MMS ID
991003633179702626
