Justice Denied: Exploring Inequities in the Legal System

This volume focuses on injustice in the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales and presents a discussion around the barriers faced to achieving justice. The book draws on contributions from scholars, as well as professional practice to provide insight into the challenges in distinct areas of injustice through original analysis.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction - Ed Johnston and Claire-Michelle Smyth Chapter 2: Ripe for Justice? -Rupert Dunbar Chapter 3: Plea Bargaining and the State -Mike McConville Chapter 4: Guilty Pleas in Criminal Justice: Putting Justice on Ice -Luke Marsh Chapter 5: Access to Justice in the Family Court: An Exploration of Key Issues and Barriers to Justice -Alex Newbury and Sarah Moore Olayinka Lewis Chapter 7Clare Wade KC and Rebecca Penfold Chapter 8Dominic Carrington Chapter 9Legislation -Claire-Michelle Smyth and Ed Johnston Chapter 10Lisa Mary Armstrong Chapter 11Disorders, or Neurological Impairments Guideline in England and Wales: A Case Study Analysis -Sally Kennedy, Clare S. Allely and Ian Warren Chapter 12Convicted of Murder -Hannah Wishart Chapter 13: Justice for Nature: A Rawlsian Approach -Simon Sneddon

About the author

Ed Johnston is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Procedure and the Faculty Research Lead at the University of Northampton, UK.
Claire-Michelle Smyth is an Associate Professor of Law at Kingston University, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Ed (Associate Professor Johnston
• Assisted by: Ed Johnston (Editor), Claire-Michelle Smyth (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 15.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032803791
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3280379-1
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice and Procedure
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; LAW / Criminal Law / General, LAW / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, LAW / Criminal Procedure, LAW / Civil Rights, Legal aspects of criminology, Social Law, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Criminal justice law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Criminology: legal aspects, Social law and Medical law