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• catalog abstract "Imagine you return home one day to find the cords on your window sashes gone. A number of reasons for their disappearance might occur to you. Most of us, however, would not immediately consider that intravenous drug users had taken the cords for the purpose of fixing. Yet, for some, this possibility would seem quite likely. Or consider the horror we feel when we learn of a crime such as that committed by Robert Alton Harris, who commandeered a car, killed the two teenage boys in it, and then finished what was left of their lunch. What we don't consider in our reaction to the depravity of this act is that, whether we morally blame him or not, Harris has led a life almost unimaginably different from our own in crucial respects. In this book R. George Wright traces the most basic legal and political implications of life in circumstances far bleaker than those with which most of us are familiar. While the poor live in the same world as the rest of us, he argues, their world is crucially different. The law, however, fails to recognize this difference. By not taking proper account of the circumstances of the severely deprived, we often make assumptions that violate logic and fairness. Wright's analysis explores the Constitution as it is applied to the poor in our society. He then argues that the law is inconsistent in excusing the trespasses of persons fleeing unexpected storms but not those of the involuntarily homeless. He persuasively concludes that we can reject crude environmental determinism withot holding the most deprived to unreasonable standards.".
• catalog alternative "Does the law morally bind the poor?".
• catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
• catalog alternative "What good's the Constitution when you can't buy a loaf of bread?".
• catalog alternative "What good's the constitution when you can't afford a loaf of bread?".
• catalog contributor b9106720.
• catalog created "c1996.".
• catalog date "1996".
• catalog date "c1996.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
• catalog description "Does the Constitution morally bind the poor? -- The progressive logic of criminal responsibility and the circumstances of the most deprived -- Desperation and necessity : les miserables on trial.".
• catalog description "Imagine you return home one day to find the cords on your window sashes gone. A number of reasons for their disappearance might occur to you. Most of us, however, would not immediately consider that intravenous drug users had taken the cords for the purpose of fixing. Yet, for some, this possibility would seem quite likely.".
• catalog description "In this book R. George Wright traces the most basic legal and political implications of life in circumstances far bleaker than those with which most of us are familiar. While the poor live in the same world as the rest of us, he argues, their world is crucially different. The law, however, fails to recognize this difference. By not taking proper account of the circumstances of the severely deprived, we often make assumptions that violate logic and fairness.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Or consider the horror we feel when we learn of a crime such as that committed by Robert Alton Harris, who commandeered a car, killed the two teenage boys in it, and then finished what was left of their lunch. What we don't consider in our reaction to the depravity of this act is that, whether we morally blame him or not, Harris has led a life almost unimaginably different from our own in crucial respects.".
• catalog description "Wright's analysis explores the Constitution as it is applied to the poor in our society. He then argues that the law is inconsistent in excusing the trespasses of persons fleeing unexpected storms but not those of the involuntarily homeless. He persuasively concludes that we can reject crude environmental determinism withot holding the most deprived to unreasonable standards.".
• catalog extent "vii, 219 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0814792944 (cloth : acid-free paper)".
• catalog isPartOf "Critical America".
• catalog issued "1996".
• catalog issued "c1996.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : New York University Press,".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "345.73/04 347.3054 20".
• catalog subject "Criminal liability United States.".
• catalog subject "KF9243.5 .W75 1996".
• catalog subject "Poor Civil rights United States.".
• catalog subject "Public welfare Law and legislation United States.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Does the Constitution morally bind the poor? -- The progressive logic of criminal responsibility and the circumstances of the most deprived -- Desperation and necessity : les miserables on trial.".
• catalog title "Does the law morally bind the poor, or, What good's the Constitution when you can't afford a loaf of bread? / R. George Wright.".
• catalog title "Does the law morally bind the poor?".
• catalog title "What good's the Constitution when you can't buy a loaf of bread?".
• catalog title "What good's the constitution when you can't afford a loaf of bread?".
• catalog type "text".