From Social Justice to Criminal Justice

The economically deprived come into contact with the criminal court system in disproportionate numbers. This collection of original interactive essays written from a variety of ideological perspectives explores some of the more troubling questions and ethical dilemmas inherent in this situation. The contributors including well-known legal and political philosophers Philip Pettit George Fletcher and Jeremy Waldron examine issues such as heightened vulnerability indigent representation and rotten social background defences.