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The Killing State: Capital Punishment in Law, Politics, and Culture
Austin Sarat
The Killing State: Capital Punishment in Law, Politics, and Culture
Austin Sarat
Brings together the work of writers to discuss the meaning of execution in American law and culture. This book provides historical background on the death penalty and brings together arguments about the morality of capital punishment with arguments about its meaning. It also considers whether death penalty is the very cause of violence.
276 pages, black & white illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | June 7, 2001 |
ISBN13 | 9780195146028 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 288 |
Dimensions | 130 × 228 × 19 mm · 442 g |
Editor | Sarat, Austin (William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College) |
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