When the state kills : capital punishment and the American condition / by Austin Sarat.
2001
KF9227.C2 S37 2001 (Mapit)
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Title
When the state kills : capital punishment and the American condition / by Austin Sarat.
Imprint
Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, [2001]
Copyright
©2001
Description
xii, 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Ch. 1. Introduction: "If Timothy McVeigh Doesn't Deserve to Die, Who Does?"
Pt. 1. State Killing and the Politics of Vengeance. Ch. 2. The Return of Revenge: Hearing the Voice of the Victim in Capital Trials. Ch. 3. Killing Me Softly: Capital Punishment and the Technologies for Taking Life
Pt. 2. State Killing in the Legal Process. Ch. 4. Capital Trials and the Ordinary World of State Killing. Ch. 5. The Role of the Jury in the Killing State. Ch. 6. Narrative Strategy and Death Penalty Advocacy: Attempting to Save the Condemned
Pt. 3. The Cultural Life of Capital Punishment. Ch. 7. To See or Not To See: On Televising Executions. Ch. 8. State Killing in Popular Culture: Responsibility and Representation in Dead Man Walking, Last Dance, and The Green Mile. Ch. 9. Conclusion: Toward a New Abolitionism.
Pt. 1. State Killing and the Politics of Vengeance. Ch. 2. The Return of Revenge: Hearing the Voice of the Victim in Capital Trials. Ch. 3. Killing Me Softly: Capital Punishment and the Technologies for Taking Life
Pt. 2. State Killing in the Legal Process. Ch. 4. Capital Trials and the Ordinary World of State Killing. Ch. 5. The Role of the Jury in the Killing State. Ch. 6. Narrative Strategy and Death Penalty Advocacy: Attempting to Save the Condemned
Pt. 3. The Cultural Life of Capital Punishment. Ch. 7. To See or Not To See: On Televising Executions. Ch. 8. State Killing in Popular Culture: Responsibility and Representation in Dead Man Walking, Last Dance, and The Green Mile. Ch. 9. Conclusion: Toward a New Abolitionism.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-314) and index.
Call Number
KF9227.C2 S37 2001
Language
English
ISBN
0691007268 hardback alkaline paper
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