Vagrancy Laws in the US and Irish Supreme Courts

Authors

Genevieve Lennon

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This case note discusses the treatment of two analogous vagrancy laws by the United States Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of Ireland. The note presents an overview of the relevant law, the facts of the cases and the main points of the judgments, which are striking in their similarity.

Publication Date

2013-01-01

Publication Title

SOLON Law, Crime and History

Volume

3

Issue

2

First Page

173

Last Page

179

ISSN

2045-9238

Embargo Period

2024-10-21

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Lennon, Genevieve (2013) "Vagrancy Laws in the US and Irish Supreme Courts," SOLON Law, Crime and History (previously SOLON Crimes and Misdemeanours: Deviance and the Law in Historical Perspective): Vol. 3: Iss. 2, Article 4.
Available at: https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/solon/vol3/iss2/4