"In the Penal Colony" and Why I Am Now Reluctant to Teach Criminal Law

Jeffrie G. Murphy

doi:10.1080/0731129X.2014.940704

"In the Penal Colony" and Why I Am Now Reluctant to Teach Criminal Law

Jeffrie G. Murphy

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This article discusses the way in which substantive criminal law is generally taught in United States law schools and argues that more room should be given in these courses to familiarize students with the horrendous nature of much of our criminal law system-in particular the terrible conditions faced by most prison inmates after conviction.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	72-82
Number of pages	11
Journal	Criminal Justice Ethics
Volume	33
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/0731129X.2014.940704
State	Published - May 2014

Keywords

criminal law
incarceration
law and love
law teaching
philosophy
social science

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Law

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