Incarceration and the Law: Cases and Materials (Table of Contents and Ch. 1 Excerpt)

Schlanger, Bedi, Shapiro & Branham, Incarceration and the Law: Cases and Materials (West Academic 2020)

U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper Forthcoming

52 Pages Posted: 10 Aug 2020

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Date Written: May 24, 2020

Abstract

This posts a table of contents and much of the first chapter to a fully overhauled, updated, and expanded edition of the leading case book on incarceration. The case book examines the complex legal regime that defines prisoners’ rights. Mass incarceration in America creates a host of controversies at the crossroads of constitutional liberty, legislation, public policy, and prison management. It considers those issues from diverse perspectives by presenting an array of materials: Supreme Court and leading lower court caselaw, statutes, litigation materials, professional standards, academic commentary, prisoner writing, and more. (There is also an associated website, http://incarcerationlaw.com, which offers additional open sources, supplementing the book for those who own it and providing a freestanding repository of materials for those who do not.

Chapter 1 provides background on American jails and prisons (What’s the difference between a jail and a prison? What is incarceration supposed to accomplish? How do prison abolitionists conceptualize and justify their goals? How did American incarceration develop?) It provides longitudinal and contemporary statistics. Finally, it offers narrative and case law background on the development of the modern conception of prisoners’ rights.

Keywords: jails, prisons, corrections, incarceration, civil rights

Suggested Citation

Schlanger, Margo and Bedi, Sheila and Shapiro, David, Incarceration and the Law: Cases and Materials (Table of Contents and Ch. 1 Excerpt) (May 24, 2020). Schlanger, Bedi, Shapiro & Branham, Incarceration and the Law: Cases and Materials (West Academic 2020), U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3635053 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3635053

Margo Schlanger (Contact Author)

University of Michigan Law School ( email )

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Sheila Bedi

Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law

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Chicago, IL 60611
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David Shapiro

Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights ( email )

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Chicago, IL 60602
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