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Dimensions of Justice: Ethical Issues in the Administration of Criminal Law
William C. Heffernan
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Description for Dimensions of Justice: Ethical Issues in the Administration of Criminal Law
paperback. Num Pages: 346 pages. BIC Classification: JKV; LNFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 201 x 20. Weight in Grams: 714.
Dimensions of Justice: Ethical Issues in the Administration of Criminal Law is the only textbook of its kind that addresses these questions of justice from an institutional perspective. Thought-provoking features, including Thought Experiments boxes that present imagined scenarios to illustrate the principles under discussion and Justice in Context boxes that consider the real-life applications of concepts, along with clearly presented learning objectives, create a strong foundation in key concepts, pertinent vocabulary, and critical-thinking and reasoning skills. Readers are introduced to moral reasoning and the underpinnings of philosophical approaches to justice, including readings from critical philosophers such as Aristotle, Augustine, Locke, ... Read more
Dimensions of Justice: Ethical Issues in the Administration of Criminal Law is the only textbook of its kind that addresses these questions of justice from an institutional perspective. Thought-provoking features, including Thought Experiments boxes that present imagined scenarios to illustrate the principles under discussion and Justice in Context boxes that consider the real-life applications of concepts, along with clearly presented learning objectives, create a strong foundation in key concepts, pertinent vocabulary, and critical-thinking and reasoning skills. Readers are introduced to moral reasoning and the underpinnings of philosophical approaches to justice, including readings from critical philosophers such as Aristotle, Augustine, Locke, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc United States
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
Sudbury, United States
ISBN
9781449634056
SKU
V9781449634056
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About William C. Heffernan
William Heffernan has taught criminal justice at John Jay College for more than thirty years.He was one of the founding editors of Criminal Justice Ethics, a journal published by John Jay’s Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics.His publications have appeared in numerous law reviews, among them Georgetown Law Journal, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Wisconsin Law Review, Notre Dame Law ... Read more
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