The Law and the Poor

"The Law and the Poor" by Edward Abbott Parry is a deep look into how the legal system treated poor people in the early 1900s. It's about how unfair the system was, the social inequality it caused, and the problems with the laws that were supposed to protect the poor. Parry uses what he saw in County Courts to show the mistakes in the system and why it needed to change to help those who had less. The book starts by showing how big the gap was between rich and poor when it came to the law. Parry explains why he's writing about this, going back to old injustices and how laws grew over time to keep hurting poor people. He argues that the system keeps inequality going, pointing to the impact of old laws on today's world and pushing people to rethink justice and the effects of current legal practices.