Law at the Margins

Towards Social Participation?

• Author(s): Terry Carney,
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Pages: 199
• ISBN_10: 0195532198
  ISBN_13: 9780195532197
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Law / General , Law / Jurisprudence , Medical / Oncology / General ,

Description:... This book examines the relationship between the law and other disciplines in establishing the rights of citizens to gain access to state services and resources which define their status as citizens of the welfare state. Carney rejects the argument that law necessarily does more harm than good, and that market (or other) responses are superior. He does, however, allow that the law has often been expressed in an excessively prescriptive (and detailed) form, and argues that because of this factor a new "responsive" role is called for in the law's application.