How Can You Represent Those People?

2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-31194-8
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 141 mm x 215 mm, Gewicht: 3115 g

How Can You Represent Those People? is the first-ever collection of essays offering a response to the 'Cocktail Party Question' asked of every criminal lawyer. A must-read for anyone interested in race, poverty, crime, punishment, and what makes lawyers tick.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, A.

Freedman, M.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface 1. 'Defending the Guilty' after 30 Years; Barbara Babcock 2. How Can You Prosecute Those People?; Paul Butler 3. How Can You Defend Those People?; Tucker Carrington 4. There but for the Grace of God Go I; Angela J. Davis 5. Why I Defend the Guilty and Innocent Alike; Alan M. Dershowitz 6. Why It's Essential to Represent 'Those People; Monroe H. Freedman 7. Defending Civil Rights; Vida B. Johnson 8. Ruminations on Us and Them; Joseph Margulies 9. Wrecking Life: When the State Seeks to Kill; William R. Montross, Jr. and Meghan Shapiro 10. 'Those People' Are Us; Ann Roan 11. Representing Sex Offenders; David A. Singleton 12. How Can You Not Defend Those People?; Abbe Smith 13. Fair Play; Robin Steinberg 14. Defending. Still; Michael E. Tigar 15. Not Only in America: The Necessity of Representing 'Those People' in a Free and Democratic Society; Alice Woolley

Über Autor(innen)

Barbara Babcock, Stanford Law School, USA
Paul Butler, Georgetown Law School, USA
Tucker Carrington, The University of Mississippi College of Law, USA
Angela J. Davis, American University Washington College of Law, USA
Alan M. Dershowitz, Harvard Law School, USA
Vida B. Johnson, Georgetown Law School, USA
Joseph Margulies, Northwestern University Law School, USA
William R. Montross, Jr., Southern Center for Human Rights, USA
Ann Roan, National Criminal Defense College and University of Colorado Law School, USA
David A. Singleton, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University, USA
Meghan Shapiro, Northern Virginia Capital Defender Office, USA
Robin Steinberg, Columbia Law School, USA
Michael E. Tigar, Duke University School of Law, USA
Alice Woolley, University of Calgary, Canada