Prisoners' Rights: The Supreme Court and Evolving Standards of Decency

by John A. Fliter

Prisoners' rights is an area of constitutional law that is often overlooked. Combining an historical and strategic analysis, this study describes the doctrinal development of the constitutional rights of prisoners from the pre-Warren Court period through the current Rehnquist Court. Like many provisions in the Bill of Rights, the meaning of the Eighth Amendment's language on cruel and unusual punishment and the scope of prisoners' rights have been...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313314756
• ISBN13: 9780313314759
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"