Poor justice : how the poor fare in the courts /
Vicki Lens.
- 1 online resource (257 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Welfare fair hearings -- Child maltreatment proceedings -- The justice of street level justice -- Courts as a catalyst for social change -- Protecting or coercing persons with mental disabilities -- Legal advocacy for the homeless -- The justice of social reform litigation -- The Supreme Court -- Race, education and the constitution -- Criminal justice and racial profiling -- The high justice of the Supreme Court -- Conclusion.
9780199355457
Legal assistance to the poor--United States. Justice, Administration of--United States. Public welfare--Law and legislation--United States.