The killing state: capital punishment in law, politics, and culture

"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...

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1. Verfasser: Sarat, Austin 1947- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 1999
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Zusammenfassung:"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 studies, this book brings together the work of ten scholars, including recognized experts on the death penalty and noted scholars writing about it for the first time."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:XI, 263 S.
ISBN:0195120868
0195146026