Book Review:
Jonathan E. Silbert, Reviewing John A. Robertson’s Rough Justice: Perspectives on Lower Criminal Courts, 53 TEXAS L. REV. 197 (1974).
 

Abstract:
Rough Justice is an anthology of essays and excerpts on a variety of aspects of lower criminal court justice. The book is divided into six parts, presenting the lower courts from the following perspectives: historical, sociological, political, narrative, attempted alternative approaches, and reformist. While Mr. Silbert finds that the book is flawed in its failure to examine the impact of overcriminalization (e.g., “victimless” crimes) on the lower criminal courts, he applauds Professor Robertson for publishing a book whose subject, the lower criminal courts, deal with the vast majority of criminal cases in the U.S., but are invariably overlooked in legal education.