Securing Reasonable Caseloads Ethics and Law in Public Defense

By Norman Lefstein

For the criminal justice system to work, adequate resources must be available for police, prosecutors and public defense. This timely, incisive and important book by Professor Norman Lefstein looks carefully at one leg of the justice system's "three-legged stool"-public defense-and the chronic overload of cases faced by public defenders and other lawyers who represent the indigent. Fortunately, the publication does far more than bemoan the current lack of adequate funding, staffing and other difficulties faced by public defense systems in the U.S. and offers concrete suggestions for dealing with these serious issues.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615543766
• ISBN13: 9780615543765
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: American Bar Association
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.