Justice Denied: Exploring Inequities in the Legal System

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Justice Denied: Exploring Inequities in the Legal System

Edited by Ed Johnston · Claire-Michelle Smyth
Routledge September 2025

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ISBN-13
9781032803791
Publisher
Routledge
Publication
September 2025
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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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 established and emerging scholars, as well as insight from professional practice to provide insight into the contemporary challenges in distinct areas of injustice through original analysis and argument. Topics covered include the theory of punishment, criminal justice, access to justice, climate justice, migrant justice and barriers to justice.

The volume will be of interest to researchers, academics and policy-makers working in the areas of Criminal Law, Criminology, Sociology of Law and Human Rights Law. Focused on the legal system of England and Wales, the issues raised are relevant for an international readership.

Table 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
Chapter 6: Migrant (In)Justice
Olayinka Lewis
Chapter 7: Social Entrapment: Is the Law Failing Women Who Kill?
Clare Wade KC and Rebecca Penfold
Chapter 8: Marginalised Justice: Race and Racism in the Criminal Court System
Dominic Carrington
Chapter 9: Why do we Punish? Interrogating the Role of Criminal Law in Abortion Legislation
Claire-Michelle Smyth and Ed Johnston
Chapter 10: Misogyny, Misconceptions and Restorative Justice
Lisa Mary Armstrong
Chapter 11: Exploring the Sentencing Offenders with Mental Disorders, Developmental Disorders, or Neurological Impairments Guideline in England and Wales: A Case Study Analysis
Sally Kennedy, Clare S. Allely and Ian Warren
Chapter 12: Searching for Justice: New Reform - Sentencing Children/Young People Convicted of Murder
Hannah Wishart
Chapter 13: Justice for Nature: A Rawlsian Approach
Simon Sneddon
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