Is the death penalty dying? : European and American perspectives /

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"Is the Death Penalty Dying? provides a careful analysis of the historical and political conditions that shaped death penalty practice on both sides of the Atlantic from the end of World War II to the twenty-first century. This book examines and assesses what the United States can learn from th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sarat, Austin, Martschukat, Jürgen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Colección:Cambridge books online.
Temas:
Capital punishment > Europe.
Capital punishment > United States.
Capital punishment > History.
Peine de mort > Europe.
Peine de mort > États-Unis.
Peine de mort > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Capital punishment.
Europe.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Transatlantic perspectives on capital punishment : national identity, the death penalty, and the prospects for abolition / Austin Sarat and Jürgen Martschukat
  • The green, green grass of home : capital punishment and the penal system from a long-term perspective / Pieter Spierenburg
  • Did anyone die here? : legal personalities, the supermax, and the politics of abolition / Colin Dayan
  • Capital punishment as homeowners insurance : the rise of the homeowner citizen and the fate of ultimate sanctions in both Europe and the United States / Jonathan Simon
  • The witnessing of judgment : between error, mercy, and vindictiveness / Evi Girling
  • Unframing the death penalty : transatlantic discourse on the possibility of abolition and the execution of Saddam Hussein / Kathryn A. Heard
  • Executions and the debate about abolition in France and in the United States / Simon Grivet
  • Civilized rebels : death-penalty abolition in Europe as cause, mark of distinction, and political strategy / Andrew Hammel
  • The death of dignity / Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn
  • Sovereignty and the unnecessary penalty of death : European and United States perspectives / Jon Yorke
  • European policy on the death penalty / Agata Fijalkowski
  • The long shadow of the death penalty : mass incarceration, capital punishment, and penal policy in the United States / Marie Gottschalk.

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