Death penalty in decline? : the fight against capital punishment in the decades since Furman v. Georgia / edited by Austin Sarat.
2024
KF9227.C2 D43 2024 (Mapit)
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Title
Death penalty in decline? : the fight against capital punishment in the decades since Furman v. Georgia / edited by Austin Sarat.
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Imprint
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2024.
Copyright
©2024
Description
236 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction : the death penalty in decline and today's abolitionist politics / Austin Sarat
What-ifs and missed opportunities : the U.S. Supreme Court, death sentences and executions, and the fiftieth anniversary of Furman v. Georgia / John D. Bessler
What was "unusual" in Furman? / Linda Ross Meyer
The foreignness of Furman / Carol S. Steiker and Jordan M. Steiker
Catholicism and the ongoing struggle to end the death penalty, from Furman v. Georgia to the present / Sara Mayeux
Abolition then and now : the role of Furman's failure in today's abolition success / Corinna Barrett Lain
When the killing law stops killing : thoughts about Furman / James R. Martel.
What-ifs and missed opportunities : the U.S. Supreme Court, death sentences and executions, and the fiftieth anniversary of Furman v. Georgia / John D. Bessler
What was "unusual" in Furman? / Linda Ross Meyer
The foreignness of Furman / Carol S. Steiker and Jordan M. Steiker
Catholicism and the ongoing struggle to end the death penalty, from Furman v. Georgia to the present / Sara Mayeux
Abolition then and now : the role of Furman's failure in today's abolition success / Corinna Barrett Lain
When the killing law stops killing : thoughts about Furman / James R. Martel.
Summary
"This volume presents essays evaluating the similarities and differences between the legal, political, ethical, and practical landscapes confronted by the death penalty abolition movement at the time of the Furman v. Georgia decision and subsequent reversal and those confronted by the same movement today"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Death penalty in decline? Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2024
Call Number
KF9227.C2 D43 2024
Language
English
ISBN
9781439924815 hardcover
1439924813 hardcover
9781439924822 paperback
1439924821 paperback
9781439924839 electronic book
1439924813 hardcover
9781439924822 paperback
1439924821 paperback
9781439924839 electronic book
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