Is the death penalty dying? : European and American perspectives / edited by Austin Sarat, Jürgen Martschukat

Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Physical Description: xi, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators: Sarat, Austin and Martschukat, Jürgen

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Introduction : transatlantic perspectives on capital punishment : national identity, the death penalty, and the prospects for abolition / Austin Sarat and Jürgen Martschukat -- The green, green grass of home : capital punishment and the penal system from a long-term perspective / Pieter Spierenburg -- Did anyone die here? : legal personalities, the supermax, and the politics of abolition / Colin Dayan -- Capital punishment as homeowners insurance : the rise of the homeowner citizen and the fate of ultimate sanctions in both Europe and the United States / Jonathan Simon -- The witnessing of judgment : between error, mercy, and vindictiveness / Evi Girling -- Unframing the death penalty : transatlantic discourse on the possibility of abolition and the execution of Saddam Hussein / Kathryn A. Heard -- Executions and the debate about abolition in France and in the United States / Simon Grivet -- Civilized rebels : death-penalty abolition in Europe as cause, mark of distinction, and political strategy / Andrew Hammel -- The death of dignity / Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn -- Sovereignty and the unnecessary penalty of death : European and United States perspectives / Jon Yorke -- European policy on the death penalty / Agata Fijalkowski -- The long shadow of the death penalty : mass incarceration, capital punishment, and penal policy in the United States / Marie Gottschalk.

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9780521763516 (hardbound)
0521763517 (hardbound)
9780511993275 (e-book)
0511993277 (e-book)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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