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The Habits of Legality: Criminal Justice and the Rule of Law (Studies in Crime and Public Policy)
The Habits of Legality Criminal Justice and the Rule of Law - Studies in Crime and Public Policy Author:Francis A. Allen, Oxford University Press The Habits of Legality provides a broad survey of American criminal justice in a time of troubles. It asks the central questions: In what degree are the justice system's functions guided by ascertainable legal norms? How accountable are public officials who wield the rigorous sanctions of the penal law? Where the habits of legality are weak, how... more » can they be invigorated? Here, Allen asserts the vital and continuing importance of the legality principle to democratic societies, discusses how the habits of legality in American criminal justice can be strengthened, and demonstrates that a closer adherence to the rule of law may not only protect the rights of persons more efficiently, but also contribute to more rational and effective penal policy.« less