Morality and the Law |
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| Author:
| Muraskin, Roslyn
Muraskin, Matthew |
| ISBN: | 978-0-13-916958-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2000 |
| Publisher: | Prentice Hall PTR
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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This comprehensive, accessible collection of essays raises compelling questions on morality and the judicial system that are designed to stimulate readers' awareness of the correct way, the moral way for those in criminal justice to conduct themselves. Addressing all participants in the system--lawyers and judges, police and probation officers, victims and the accused--the essays provide readers with a thought-provoking presentation of the many issues surrounding human...
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This comprehensive, accessible collection of essays raises compelling questions on morality and the judicial system that are designed to stimulate readers' awareness of the correct way, the moral way for those in criminal justice to conduct themselves. Addressing all participants in the system--lawyers and judges, police and probation officers, victims and the accused--the essays provide readers with a thought-provoking presentation of the many issues surrounding human conflict and the role ethics and fairness play in our criminal justice system. Provides an overview of morality and the law, the Socratic question and the criminal justice practitioner, ethical concerns of a criminal defense attorney and the criminal prosecutor, judicial ethics, victims' vengeance, and the ethical behavior of correctional officers. For individuals interested in social issues and morality.