Marci. A Hamilton

Justice Denied

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Hamilton explains why it is in the interest of all Americans to eliminate the arbitrary statutes of limitations in order to allow victims of childhood sexual abuse the chance to seek justice--when they are ready.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9780521886215
• ISBN-10: 052188621X
• Artikelnr.: 23399411

Autorenporträt

Marci A. Hamilton is one of the United States' leading church state scholars, as well as an expert on federalism and representation. Hamilton is Visiting Professor of Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School and the Kathleen and Martin Crane Senior Research Fellow in the Law and Public Affairs Program, Princeton University and holds the Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University. She is the author of the award-winning God vs. the Gavel: Religion and the Rule of Law (Cambridge University Press, 2005). Hamilton is a former clerk to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and is also columnist on constitutional issues for www.FindLaw.com.

Inhaltsangabe

1. We have failed our children
2. What is wrong with the system
3. The solution is clear and simple: abolish the statutes of limitation for childhood sexual abuse
4. What it will take to act on the lessons learned
5. Barrier no. 1: the insurance industry
6. Barrier no. 2: the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic church
7. The other barriers: the teachers, the defense attorneys, and an uninformed public
Conclusion.