City of Courts Socializing Justice in Progressive Era Chicago |
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Author:
| Willrich, Michael |
Contribution by:
| Tomlins, Christopher |
Series title: | Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-79403-9 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2003 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $35.99 |
Book Description:
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What could be more "liberal" than the modern idea of social responsibility for crimeo 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 in the cosmopolitan cities of...
More DescriptionWhat could be more "liberal" than the modern idea of social responsibility for crimeo 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 in the cosmopolitan cities of industrial America at the turn of the twentieth century.