Law, Responsibility and Vulnerability

Name: Law, Responsibility and Vulnerability
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Law, Responsibility and VulnerabilityState Accountability and Responsiveness\nAuthor(s): James Gallen, Tanya N Mhuirthile\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367085810, 978-0367085810\nSynopsis\nThis book addresses how law and public policy cause or exacerbate vulnerability in individuals and groups.\n\nBringing together scholars, judges and practitioners, it identifies how individuals and groups can become vulnerabilised through the operation of law, and examines how the State can acknowledge and remedy that impact. The book offers not only a theoretical, ethical and normative conception of vulnerability in law, but also an evaluation of the diverse practices of responding to vulnerability in law through accountability mechanisms and public campaigns. The analysis of vulnerability contained in this volume is enhanced by the common use of Ireland as a case study. Despite the robust rights protections available at na.