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Title: |
The Power to Criminalize |
| Sub-title: |
Violence, Inequality and Law |
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| By (author): |
Gillian Balfour, Elizabeth Comack |
| ISBN10-13: |
1552661288 : 9781552661284 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
200 |
| Weight: |
.249 Kg. |
| Published: |
Fernwood Publishing - January 2004 |
| List Price: |
23.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| Lawâ s power to criminalizeâ to turn a person into a criminalâ is formidable. Traditional legal doctrine argues that law dispenses justice in an impartial and unbiased fashion. Critical legal theorists claim that law reproduces gender, race and class inequalities. The Power to Criminalize offers an analysis that acknowledges the tensions between these two views of law. Drawing from crown attorneysâ files on violent crime cases and interviews with defence lawyers, the authors reveal the complex ways in which discourses of masculinity, femininity, race, class and social space inform the strategies used to litigate these cases. This analysis raises questions about the prospects of challenging law to realize a more just society. |
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