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

by Paul H. Robinson, Michael T. Cahill, Michael T.Cahill

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195160150
• ISBN13: 9780195160154
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"