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Hard bargains : the coercive power of drug laws in federal court
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Hard bargains : the coercive power of drug laws in federal court / Mona Lynch.
ISBN
9780871545114
087154511X
Publication
New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2016]
Physical Description
xiv, 206 pages ; 23 cm.
Other formats
Online version: Lynch, Mona Pauline, author. Hard bargains New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2016
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 01, 2017
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction
The First Drug War : Laying the Groundwork
The Great War : Creating an Infrastructure of Legal Power
Soft Hammers? : The Deployment of Drug Law in the Liberal Northeast
Respecting Law and Deterring Lawbreakers? : Hammers and Nails in Southern District
Drugs, mules, and the looming border
Inducing the plea : Strategic uses of legal power
Conclusion
Epilogue.
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