City of Courts: Socializing Justice in Progressive Era Chicago

(Part of the Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society Series)

by Michael Willrich

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What could be more liberal than believing in society's responsibility for crime--that crime is less the product of free will than of poverty and other social forces beyond the individual's control? And what could be more progressive than the belief that the law should aim for social, not merely individual, justice? This work of social, cultural, and legal history uncovers the contested origins and paradoxical consequences of the two protean concepts...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:052179403X

ISBN13:9780521794039

Release Date:March 2003

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:376 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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19th Century 20th Century Historical Study & Educational Resources History Law Legal History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Social History State & Local Textbooks

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