Privilege or punish : criminal justice and the challenge of family ties /

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Author / Creator:Markel, Dan.
Imprint:Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2009.
Description:xx, 231 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7632458
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Other authors / contributors:Collins, Jennifer M.
Leib, Ethan J.
ISBN:9780195380064 ((hardback) : alk. paper)
0195380061 ((hardback) : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Privileging Family Status
  • A Roadmap
  • 1. A Survey of Family Ties Benefits
  • A. Evidentiary Privileges
  • B. Exemptions for Family Members Harboring Fugitives
  • C. Violence Within the Family
  • D. Pretrial Release
  • E. Sentencing
  • F. Prison Policies
  • 2. A Normative Framework for Family Ties Benefits
  • A. Some Prefatory Remarks
  • B. The Family and the Modern State: An Ambivalent Relationship
  • C. Some Normative Costs of Family Ties Benefits
  • D. Scrutiny of Family Ties Benefits: A Normative Framework for the Presumption
  • 3. Applying the Framework to Family Ties Benefits
  • A. Evidentiary Privileges
  • B. Exemptions for Family Members Harboring Fugitives
  • C. Violence Within the Family
  • D. Pretrial Release
  • E. Sentencing
  • F. Prison Policies
  • G. Conclusion
  • Part 2. Punishing Family Status
  • A Roadmap
  • 4. A Survey of Family Ties Burdens
  • A. Omissions Liability for Failure to Rescue
  • B. Parental Responsibility Laws
  • C. Incest
  • D. Bigamy
  • E. Adultery
  • F. Nonpayment of Child Support
  • G. Nonpayment of Parental Support
  • 5. A Normative Framework for Family Ties Burdens
  • A. A Defendant-Centered Perspective, Among Others
  • B. Revisiting the Costs of Family Ties Benefits
  • C. Uncovering a Structure of Family Ties Burdens: Voluntary Caregiving
  • D. Overcoming Family Status Through a Focus on Voluntary Caregiving
  • E. Bringing It Together: How to Scrutinize a Family Ties Burden
  • 6. Applying the Framework to Family Ties Burdens
  • A. Omissions Liability For Failure to Rescue
  • B. Parental Responsibility Laws
  • C. Incest
  • D. Bigamy
  • E. Adultery
  • F. Nonpayment of Child Support
  • G. Nonpayment of Parental Support
  • Coda
  • Notes
  • Index