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OverviewPoor Justice: How the Poor Fare in the Courts provides a vivid portrait and appraisal of how the lives of poor people are disrupted or helped by the judicial system, from the lowest to the highest courts. Drawing from court room observations, court decisions, and other material, this book spans the street level justice of administrative hearings and lower courts (where people plead for welfare benefits or for a child not to be taken away), the mid-level justice of state courts (where advocates argue for the right to shelter for the homeless and for the rights of the mentally disabled), and the high justice of the Supreme Court (where the battle for school integration has represented a route out of poverty and the stop and frisk cases illustrate a route to greater poverty, through the mass incarceration of people of color). Poor Justice brings readers inside the courts, telling the story through the words and actions of the judges, lawyers, and ordinary people who populate it. It seeks to both edify and criticize. Readers will learn not only how courts work, but also how courts sometimes help - and often fail - the poor. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Vicki Lens (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Columbia University School of Social Work)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 24.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 15.70cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9780199355440ISBN 10: 0199355444 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 07 January 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsPoor Justice is one of those rare books that is not only a riveting read, but also makes an important scholarly contribution. Vicki Lens's clear and engaging writing provides readers with a sobering analysis of how marginalized groups fare in the U.S. legal system. As a former legal services lawyer and social scientist, Vicki Lens shares an insider's knowledge with an outsider's critical eye. Corey Shdaimah, PhD, LLM, Associate Professor, University of Maryland School of Social Work Lens draws upon her rich experiences as a lawyer, social worker, and ground-level researcher to illuminate the daily experiences of people without income in the courts. Like almost no one else, she knows unglamorous but essential corners of law, including welfare hearings, commitment proceedings for people with mental disabilities, and family courts. This text is a fine primer on law for the poor - and on the uses and limits of all kinds of law. Felicia Kornbluh, PhD, MA, Director of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies and Associate Professor of History, University of Vermont Vicki Lens provides an insider's human perspective on how the courts can in fact work for the least advantaged in our society. Poor Justice deftly combines ethnographic detail of courtroom drama with legal analysis and political critique. It makes for compelling reading and important scholarship about how the courts do indeed offer some basis for hope. This book deserves wide readership by students, scholars, policymakers, and citizens alike. Sanford Schram, PhD, MA, Professor of Political Science, Hunter College, CUNY Professor Lens has written a scholarly and immensely readable analysis of justice - actually the lack of justice - for poor Americans. It is a powerful and irresistible call to action. Robert Hayes, JD, Founder, National Coalition for the Homeless; President and CEO, Community Healthcare Network Poor Justice is one of those rare books that is not only a riveting read, but also makes an important scholarly contribution. Vicki Lens's clear and engaging writing provides readers with a sobering analysis of how marginalized groups fare in the U.S. legal system. As a former legal services lawyer and social scientist, Vicki Lens shares an insider's knowledge with an outsider's critical eye. --Corey Shdaimah, PhD, LLM, Associate Professor, University of Maryland School of Social Work Lens draws upon her rich experiences as a lawyer, social worker, and ground-level researcher to illuminate the daily experiences of people without income in the courts. Like almost no one else, she knows unglamorous but essential corners of law, including welfare hearings, commitment proceedings for people with mental disabilities, and family courts. This text is a fine primer on law for the poor - and on the uses and limits of all kinds of law. --Felicia Kornbluh, PhD, MA, Director of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies and Associate Professor of History, University of Vermont Vicki Lens provides an insider's human perspective on how the courts can in fact work for the least advantaged in our society. Poor Justice deftly combines ethnographic detail of courtroom drama with legal analysis and political critique. It makes for compelling reading and important scholarship about how the courts do indeed offer some basis for hope. This book deserves wide readership by students, scholars, policymakers, and citizens alike. --Sanford Schram, PhD, MA, Professor of Political Science, Hunter College, CUNY Professor Lens has written a scholarly and immensely readable analysis of justice - actually the lack of justice - for poor Americans. It is a powerful and irresistible call to action. --Robert Hayes, JD, Founder, National Coalition for the Homeless; President and CEO, Community Healthcare Network Author InformationVicki Lens, PhD, JD, is Associate Professor at the Columbia University School of Social Work. She previously worked as a public interest lawyer, providing legal services to the poor. She conducts socio-legal research, using ethnographic and other methods to study how courts work. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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