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Defending the right to a home : the power of anti-poverty lawyers / Beth Harris.
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| Authors: |
Harris, Beth Ellen.
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Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2004.
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| Description: |
xii, 234 p. ; 25 cm.
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Law, justice, and power
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| Topics: |
Homelessness -- Law and legislation -- United States. Homeless persons -- Civil rights -- United States. Legal assistance to the poor -- United States. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-185) and index.
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| Language: |
English |
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0754623904 (alk. paper)
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1. Litigation as the road home -- 2. National foundation for right-to-home claims -- 3. Local contexts for defending homeless families -- 4. Legal frames, judicial intervention, and agenda setting -- 5. Legalizing implementation : governing homelessness -- 6. Coalitions for the homeless and their lawyers -- 7. The cases : bringing poverty 'home' through legal action -- 8. Right-to-home challenge to market justice -- App. I. Chronology for national foundation of right-to-home claims : child welfare, anti-poverty, and homelessness policies -- App. II. Chronology of Hansen v. McMahon -- App. III. Chronology of Norman v. Johnson -- App. IV. Chronology of Jiggetts v. Grinker and related advocacy in New York -- App. V. Chronology of Massachusetts coalition for the homeless v. secretary of human services -- App. VI. Chronology of Washington state coalition for the homeless v. secretary of DSHS.
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| Bib number: |
5517244 |
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http://lens.lib.uchicago.edu/?itemid=|library/marc/uc|5517244 |
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Donor:
The William W. Darrow Memorial Book Fund
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