Justice Denied: Exploring Inequities in the Legal System

Name: Justice Denied: Exploring Inequities in the Legal System
Brand: Routledge
SKU: 9781032803791
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Author: Ed Johnston; Claire-Michelle Smyth
ISBN: 9781032803791

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.

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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