Article
Bounds and Beyond: A Need to Reevaluate the Right of Prison Access to the Courts
University of Richmond Law Review
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1987
Disciplines
Abstract
The author argues that the 1977 United States Supreme Court decision in Bounds v. Smith insufficiently protects the right of prisoners to represent themselves before the courts by failing to require state and federal correctional facilities to establish and maintain adequately stocked prison law libraries and to provide prisoners with the option to use those libraries as their means of gaining meaningful access to the courts.
Citation Information
Steven D. Hinckley. "Bounds and Beyond: A Need to Reevaluate the Right of Prison Access to the Courts" University of Richmond Law Review Vol. 22 (1987) p. 19 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/steven_hinckley/2/
Publication Information: 22 U. Rich. L. Rev. 19 (1987).