The killing state : capital punishment in law, politics, and culture / edited by Austin Sarat.
The killing state : capital punishment in law, politics, and culture / edited by Austin Sarat.
The killing state : capital punishment in law, politics, and culture / edited by Austin Sarat.
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Publisher
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N364.660973/17
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English
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Physical content
xi, 263 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Capital Punishment as a Fact of Legal, Political, and Cultural Life: An Introduction / Austin Sarat -- I. The Politics of State Killing. 1. After the Terror: Mortality, Equality, Fraternity / Anne Norton. 2. Abolishing the Death Penalty Even for the Worst Murderers / Hugo Adam Bedau. 3. A Juridical...
9. Beyond Intention: A Critique of the "Normal" Criminal Agency, Responsibility, and Punishment in American Death Penalty Jurisprudence / Jennifer L. Culbert. 10. The Cultural Life of Capital Punishment: Responsibility and Representation in Dead Man Walking and Last Dance / Austin Sarat.
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Publisher
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
The Killing State: Capital Punishment in Law, Politics, and Culture explores what it means when the state kills and what it means for citizens to live in a killing state, helping us understand why America clings tenaciously to a punishment that has been abandoned by every other industrialized democracy. Edited by a leading figure in socio-legal stu...
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The killing state : capital punishment in law, politics, and culture / edited by Austin Sarat.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N364.660973/17
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0195120868 (acid-free paper)
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0195120868 :
9780195120868 (acid-free paper)
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364.660973
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991011986609702626
