| Description |
xi, 263 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Capital punishment as a fact of legal, political, and cultural life : an introduction / Austin Sarat -- After the terror : mortality, equality, fraternity / Anne Norton -- Abolishing the death penalty even for the worst murderers / Hugo Adam Bedau -- Juridical Frankenstein, or death in the hands of the state / Julie M. Taylor -- Tokens of our esteem : aggravating factors in the era of deregulated death penalties / Jonathan Simon and Christina Spaulding -- "Always more to do" : capital punishment and the (de)composition of law / Peter Fitzpatrick -- Executioner's dissonant song : on capital punishment and American legal values / Franklin E. Zimring -- Selling a quick fix for Boot Hill : the myth of justice delayed in death cases / Anthony G. Amsterdam -- Will, capital punishment, and cultural war / William E. Connolly -- Beyond intention : a critique of the "normal" criminal agency, responsibility, and punishment in American death penalty jurisprudence / Jennifer L. Culbert -- Cultural life of capital punishment : responsibility and representation in Dead man Walking and Last dance / Austin Sarat. |
| Subject |
Capital punishment.
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| Added Author |
Sarat, Austin.
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| ISBN |
0195120868 (acid-free paper) |
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