In this compelling book, Lawrence M. Friedman looks at situations where killing is condemned by law but not by social norms and, therefore, is rarely punished. He shows how penal codes categorize homicides by degree of intent, which are in turn based on society's sense of moral outrage. Despite...

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1. Verfasser:	Friedman, Lawrence M. 1930- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York Cambridge University Press 2018 Cambridge 2018
Schlagworte:	Murder / Law and legislation / United States / History Homicide / Social aspects / United States Homicide-Social aspects-United States LAW / Criminal Law / General.-bisacsh Murder-Law and legislation-United States-History
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Zusammenfassung:	In this compelling book, Lawrence M. Friedman looks at situations where killing is condemned by law but not by social norms and, therefore, is rarely punished. He shows how penal codes categorize homicides by degree of intent, which are in turn based on society's sense of moral outrage. Despite being officially defined as murder, many homicides have historically gone unpunished. Friedman looks at early vigilante justice, crimes of passion, murder of necessity, mercy killings, and assisted suicides. In his explorations of these unpunished homicides, Friedman probes what these circumstances tell us about conflicts in social and cultural norms and the interaction of law and society
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 May 2018) Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Popular justice and injustice; 2. The unwritten law; 3. Dead on arrival; 4. The quality of mercy; 5. Black swans; 6. The meaning of unwritten law Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (viii, 146 Seiten)
DOI:	10.1017/9781108686679