Prisoners' Self-Help Litigation Manual

Edition : 4th ed., 2010
Author(s) : Boston, Manville

Prisoners' Self-Help Litigation Manual
- ISBN: 9780195374407
- SKU: 90075
- Condition: New
- Format: Paperback
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Description

A best-selling book in all of the previously released editions, this edition is updated to include the most relevant prisoner's rights topics and approaches to litigation for those currently facing incarceration. Prisoners' Self-Help Litigation Manual is an indispensable guide for prisoners and prisoner advocates seeking to understand the rights guaranteed to prisoners by law and how to protect those rights. Clear, comprehensive, practical advice provides prisoners with everything they need to know on conditions of confinement, civil liberties in prison, procedural due process, the legal system, how to litigate, conducting effective legal research, and writing legal documents. Written by two legal and penitentiary experts with intimate knowledge of prisoner's rights and legal aid work, authors John Boston and Daniel E. Manville strategically focus on federal constitutional law, providing prisoners and those wishing to assist them with the most important information concerning legal rights.

Over the past decade, prison law and conditions have changed significantly. This new edition is updated to include the most relevant prisoners' rights topics and approaches to litigation. Updates include all aspects of prison life as well as material on legal research, legal writing, types of legal remedies, and how to effectively use those remedies.

Certainly the most authoritative, well-organized and relevant prisoner's rights manual available, it should be purchased by everyone interested in civil rights for the incarcerated.

Table of Contents:

I. Introduction: Using this Manual and Using the Courts

Part I: The Rights of Prisoners

II. Conditions of Confinement

III. Civil Liberties in Prison

IV. Procedural Due Process

V. Equal Protection of the Laws

VI. Pre-Trial Detainee's Rights

Part II: Enforcing Your Rights

VII. The Legal System

VII. Actions, Defenses, and Relief

IX. How to Litigate

X. Legal Research

XI. Writing Legal Documents

Prisoners' Self-Help Litigation Manual

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