1st Edition
Critique of the Legal Order Crime Control in Capitalist Society
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published thirty years ago, Critique of the Legal Order remains highly relevant for the twenty-first century. Here Richard Quinney provides a critical look at the legal order in capitalist society. Using a traditional Marxist perspective, he argues that the legal order is not intended to reduce crime and suffering, but to maintain class differences and a social order that mainly... Read more
1: A Critical Philosophy of Legal Order; 2: Knowledge and Order; 3: Preservation of Domestic Order by the Ruling Class; 4: Crime Control in the Capitalist State; 5: Ideology of Legal Order; 6: Toward a Socialist Society
Biography
Richard Quinney, Randall G. Shelden
