Black Rage Confronts the Law

Tracing the origins of the "black rage" defence back through American history, this work recreates many dramatic legal trials. The author distinguishes between applying an environmental defence and simply blaming society, in the abstract, for individual crimes.

Summary

Tracing the origins of the "black rage" defence back through American history, this work recreates many dramatic legal trials. The author distinguishes between applying an environmental defence and simply blaming society, in the abstract, for individual crimes.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Harris, John Kelley
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.1997
• EAN: 9780814735275
• ISBN: 978-0-8147-3527-5
• No. of pages: 306
• Series: Critical America; Critical America
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law