The Supreme Court, crime, & the ideal of equal justice /

"Although judges are the guardians of the Constitution's principles, this book examines how their decisions both advance and impede the ideal of equal justice. By analyzing interpretations of "equal protection" and other rights affecting discriminations and disadvantages linked t...

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Main Author: Smith, Christopher E.
Other Authors: DeJong, Christina, 1967-, Burrow, John D. (John David)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : P. Lang, c2003.
Series:Studies in crime and punishment ; v. 14.
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260 |a New York :  |b P. Lang,  |c c2003. 
300 |a viii, 237 p. ;  |c 23 cm. 
490 1 |a Studies in crime & punishment,  |x 1529-2444 ;  |v vol. 14 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-220) and index. 
505 0 |a 1. The Ideal of Equal Justice -- 2. Unequal Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court -- 3. Race and Equal Justice -- 4. Gender and Equal Justice -- 5. The Poor and Equal Justice -- 6. Convicted Offenders and Equal Justice -- 7. Judicial Behavior and the Ideal of Equal Justice. 
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