Poverty and the Law

Book Overview

This collection of essays focuses attention on the global impact of legal policies on levels of poverty. They illustrate the distinct dimensions of poverty in a range of different political and cultural settings and also show how poverty is exacerbated by quite discrete local cultural factors in some instances. There is, nonetheless a universal element which runs through all the contributions. The fate of those who are disadvantaged in society...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841131911
• ISBN13: 9781841131917
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"