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The Killing State: Capital Punishment in Law, Politics, and Culture
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.
| Author(s) | Edited by Austin Sarat (William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College). |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Pages | 276 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 7 Jun 2001 |
| Availability | POD |
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.
Austin Sarat is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. He has written and edited many books and articles on the theory and practice of law, and was recently elected President of the Law and Society Ass
