02982cam a2200445Ia 4500 ocn191735786 OCoLC 20171018091354.0 m d cr un||||||||| 080131s2008 ne o 000 0 eng d 9781849505604 (electronic bk.) : �57.99 ; � 82.95 ; $99.95 1849505608 (electronic bk.) : �57.99 ; � 82.95 ; $99.95 0762314672 (hbk.) N$T eng N$T YDXCP OCLCQ MERUC ZJC K18 .E837 v. 42 LNF bicssc JKVP bicssc LAW026000 bisacsh POL000000 bisacsh 340 345/.0773 22 Is the death penalty dying? [electronic resource] / edited by Austin Sarat. Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier JAI, 2008. 1 online resource (x, 218 p.) Studies in law, politics, and society ; v. 42, special issue Evolutionary history: the changing purposes for capital punishment / Beau Breslin, John J.P. Howley and Molly Appel -- The heart has its reasons: examining the strange persistence of the American death penalty / Susan A. Bandes -- Rule of law abolitionism / Benjamin S. Yost -- Not wiser after 35 years of contemplating the death penalty / Leigh B. Bienen -- Facts and furies: the antinomies of facts, law, and retribution in the work of capital prosecutors / Paul J. Kaplan -- The judicial use of international and foreign law in death penalty cases: a poisoned chalice? / Bharat Malkani -- Death, unraveled / Jesse Cheng. This volume of "Studies in Law, Politics, and Society" presents a unique special issue "Is the Death Penalty Dying?." Drawing together an array of distinguished scholars from political science, criminology, sociology, and law, this volume provides a comprehensive assessment of the status of the death penalty in the United States, its past, and its trajectory for the future. Taken together, the work published in this volume exemplifies the kind exciting and innovative work now being done by legal scholars from different disciplines.This is a special issue examining the death penalty in the US. It draws together an array of distinguished scholars from political science, criminology, sociology, and law. Description based on print version record. Capital punishment. Criminal law & procedure. bicssc Penology & punishment. bicssc Law Criminal Law General. bisacsh Political Science General. bisacsh Sarat, Austin. Print version: Is the death penalty dying?. Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier JAI, 2008 9780762314676 0762314672 (OCoLC)181422703 Studies in law, politics, and society ; v. 42, special issue. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/1059-4337/42 SSbacklist 222783 222783