The Defender: A History of Public Defense in Philadelphia
- ISBN-10
- 1439918546
- ISBN-13
- 9781439918548
- Series
- The Defender
- Category
- Legal assistance to the poor
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020
- Authors
- Michael D. Schaffer, Edward W. Madeira
Description
"A history of the Defender Association of Philadelphia, from a two-lawyer volunteer office to an integral part of Philadelphia's court and prison system. Each era finds new challenges as the burdens on the justice system expand and the Defender remakes itself to rigorously defend the indigent people of Philadelphia"--
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- 2020-11-06
- 254 pages
- Paperback
- Temple University Press
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