The Wretched of the Earth

Alabama Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Review, Forthcoming

Seattle University School of Law Research Paper No. 11-25

18 Pages Posted: 27 Oct 2011

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Richard Delgado

Seattle University School of Law

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

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

Richard Delgado (Contact Author)

Seattle University School of Law ( email )

WA
United States

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