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From Noose to Needle : Capital Punishment and the Late Liberal State.
From Noose to Needle contributes a new perspective on the controversial topic of capital punishment by asking how the conduct of state killing reveals broader contradictions in the contemporary liberal state, especially, but not exclusively, in the United States. Moving beyond more familiar legal an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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University of Michigan Press
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Illustrations ; Acknowledgments ; 1. Introduction ; 2. What Is a Death Sentence? ; 3. John Locke's Noose ; 4. The Metaphysics of the Hangman ; 5. Silencing the Voice of Pain ; 6. Womanhood Unsexed on the Gallows ; 7. Needling the Sovereign ; Notes ; References ; Index.