Law without Justice

Why Criminal Law Doesn't Give People What They Deserve

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Criminal law
Cover of the book Law without Justice by Paul H. Robinson, Michael T. Cahill, Oxford University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Paul H. Robinson, Michael T. Cahill ISBN: 9780190289539
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: December 1, 2005
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Paul H. Robinson, Michael T. Cahill
ISBN: 9780190289539
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: December 1, 2005
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

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.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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.

More books from Oxford University Press

Cover of the book The Oxford Handbook of Education and Training in Professional Psychology by Paul H. Robinson, Michael T. Cahill
Cover of the book Human Social Evolution by Paul H. Robinson, Michael T. Cahill
Cover of the book Adoption Beyond Borders by Paul H. Robinson, Michael T. Cahill
Cover of the book Neoplatonism in Late Antiquity by Paul H. Robinson, Michael T. Cahill
Cover of the book Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus by Paul H. Robinson, Michael T. Cahill
Cover of the book The Exchange of Words by Paul H. Robinson, Michael T. Cahill
Cover of the book Executing the Rosenbergs by Paul H. Robinson, Michael T. Cahill
Cover of the book Sustainability by Paul H. Robinson, Michael T. Cahill
Cover of the book Courage to Dissent by Paul H. Robinson, Michael T. Cahill
Cover of the book The Limits of Free Will by Paul H. Robinson, Michael T. Cahill
Cover of the book Devoted to Death by Paul H. Robinson, Michael T. Cahill
Cover of the book Identifying the Mind by Paul H. Robinson, Michael T. Cahill
Cover of the book The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia by Paul H. Robinson, Michael T. Cahill
Cover of the book Listening through the Noise : The Aesthetics of Experimental Electronic Music by Paul H. Robinson, Michael T. Cahill
Cover of the book 50 Studies Every Palliative Care Doctor Should Know by Paul H. Robinson, Michael T. Cahill
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy