书目名称 | Justice before the Law | 编辑 | Michael Huemer | 视频video | | 概述 | Includes coverage of police violence and the issues surrounding ethnicity.By the author of The Problem of Political Authority, the winner of the 2013 PROSE award for philosophy.Argues that prosecutors | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .America’s legal system harbors serious, widespread injustices. Many defendants are sent to prison for nonviolent offenses, including many victimless crimes. Convicts often serve draconian sentences in crowded prisons rife with abuse. Almost all defendants are convicted without trial because prosecutors threaten defendants with drastically higher sentences if they request a trial. Most Americans are terrified of encountering any kind of legal trouble, knowing that both civil and criminal courts are extremely slow, unreliable, and expensive to use. This book explores the largest injustices in the legal system and what can be done about them. Besides proposing institutional reforms, the author argues that prosecutors, judges, lawyers, and jury members ought to place .justice. before the law – for example, by refusing to enforce unjust laws or impose unjust sentences. Issues addressed include:..· The philosophical basis for judgments about rights and justice..· The problems of overcriminalization and mass incarceration..· Abuse of power by police and prosecutors..· The injustice of plea bargaining ..· The appropriateness of jury nullification..· | 出版日期 | Book 2021 | 关键词 | Law; Jurisprudence; Justice; Prison; Police; Justice system; Jury; Prosecutors; Guilt and innocence | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67543-1 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-67542-4 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-67543-1 | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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