The Wretched of the Earth
Alabama Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Review, Forthcoming
18 Pages Posted: 27 Oct 2011
Date Written: 2011
Abstract
In the following essay, part of a symposium on criminal punishment and social deprivation, Richard Delgado revisits a subject he addressed 25 years ago in a classic article on the "rotten social background" defense. He ponders why this defense has found only a slight foothold in the law of criminal defenses and asks what this failure means about our basic social commitments.
Keywords: civil rights, poverty law, criminal law, legal theory
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Delgado, Richard, The Wretched of the Earth (2011). Alabama Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Review, Forthcoming, Seattle University School of Law Research Paper No. 11-25, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1949447
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