Legal Rights of Prisoners - Cases and Comments

Legal Rights of Prisoners is a timely book that addresses the constitutional rights of people in places of confinement. More specifically, it examines the amendments that inmates use and the case law that has developed to address their concerns.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Acknowledgments
Chapter 4 Introduction
Chapter 5 An Introduction to American Law
Chapter 6 The Corrections Component of Criminal Justice
Chapter 7 From Hands-off to Hands-on
Chapter 8 Types of Lawsuits and Petitions Brought
Chapter 9 Preventing Inmate Litigation
Chapter 10 Inmates and the First Amendment
Chapter 11 Inmates and the Fourth Amendment
Chapter 12 Inmates and the Eighth Amendment
Chapter 13 Inmates and the Fourteenth Amendment
Chapter 14 Reverting to a Hands-off Approach
Chapter 15 The Future of Inmates' Rights and Litigations
Chapter 16 Appendix
Chapter 17 Table of Cases
Chapter 18 Glossary
Chapter 19 Index
Chapter 20 About the Authors

About the author

By James F. Anderson and Laronistine Dyson

Product details

• Authors: James F. Anderson, Anderson James F., Laronistine Dyson, Dyson Laronistine
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.11.2001
• EAN: 9780761819639
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-1963-9
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 217 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 272 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Jurisprudence, Jurisprudence & general issues, Jurisprudence and general issues