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Author:
Lens, Vicki, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2015034003
Title:
Poor justice : how the poor fare in the courts / Vicki Lens.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
xix, 226 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Legal assistance to the poor--United States.
Justice, Administration of--United States.
Public welfare--Law and legislation--United States.
Justice, Administration of.
Legal assistance to the poor.
Public welfare--Law and legislation.
United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-220) and index.
Contents:
The rules of engagement -- Welfare fair hearings -- Child maltreatment proceedings -- The justice of street level justice -- Courts as a catalyst for social change -- Protecting or coercing persons with mental disabilities -- Legal advocacy for the homeless -- The justice of social reform litigation -- The Supreme Court -- Race, education and the constitution -- Criminal justice and racial profiling -- The high justice of the Supreme Court.
ISBN:
0199355444
9780199355440
OCLC:
(OCoLC)910475724
LCCN:
2015021022
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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