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The killing state [electronic resource] : capital punishment in law, politics, and culture / edited by Austin Sarat.

Contributor(s): Sarat, Austin.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999General Notes: Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 263 p.).ISBN: 9780585211688 (electronic bk.); 9780195146028; 9780195120868.Subject(s): Capital punishment -- United States -- CongressesGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 364.66/0973 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge:
Contents:
Capital punishment as a fact of legal, political, and cultural life : an introduction / Austin Sarat -- After the terror : mortality, equality, fraternity / Anne Norton -- Abolishing the death penalty even for the worst murderers / Hugo Adam Bedau -- A juridical Frankenstein, or death in the hands of the state / Julie M. Taylor -- Tokens of our esteem : aggravating factors in the era of deregulated death penalties / Jonathan Simon and Christina Spaulding -- "Always more to do": capital punishment and the (de)composition of law / Peter Fitzpatrick -- The executioner's dissonant song : on capital punishment and American legal values / Franklin E. Zimring -- Selling a quick fix for Boot Hill : the myth of justice delayed in death cases / Anthony G. Amsterdam -- The will, capital punishment, and cultural war / William E. Connolly -- Beyond intention : a critique of the "normal" criminal agency, responsibility, and punishment in American death penalty jurisprudence / Jennifer L. Culbert -- The cultural life of capital punishment : responsibility and representation in Dead man Walking and Last dance / Austin Sarat.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.

Capital punishment as a fact of legal, political, and cultural life : an introduction / Austin Sarat -- After the terror : mortality, equality, fraternity / Anne Norton -- Abolishing the death penalty even for the worst murderers / Hugo Adam Bedau -- A juridical Frankenstein, or death in the hands of the state / Julie M. Taylor -- Tokens of our esteem : aggravating factors in the era of deregulated death penalties / Jonathan Simon and Christina Spaulding -- "Always more to do": capital punishment and the (de)composition of law / Peter Fitzpatrick -- The executioner's dissonant song : on capital punishment and American legal values / Franklin E. Zimring -- Selling a quick fix for Boot Hill : the myth of justice delayed in death cases / Anthony G. Amsterdam -- The will, capital punishment, and cultural war / William E. Connolly -- Beyond intention : a critique of the "normal" criminal agency, responsibility, and punishment in American death penalty jurisprudence / Jennifer L. Culbert -- The cultural life of capital punishment : responsibility and representation in Dead man Walking and Last dance / Austin Sarat.

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