1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910255272203321

Autore

Eastaugh Charlie

Titolo

Unconstitutional Solitude : Solitary Confinement and the US Constitution's Evolving Standards of Decency / / by Charlie Eastaugh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

9783319617350

3319617354

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVIII, 233 p.)

Disciplina

365.6092273

Soggetti

Corrections

Punishment

Law and the social sciences

Criminology

Transnational crime

Prison and Punishment

Socio-Legal Studies

Crime Control and Security

Transnational Crime

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. The Hidden Corner of the Prison -- Chapter 2. An Adjudicative Framework: Morality and the Punishments Clause -- Chapter 3. The Eighth Amendment's Evolution -- Chapter 4. National Consensus by State Counting -- Chapter 5. Proportionate Penology -- Chapter 6. Transnational Law -- Chapter 7. Professional Consensus.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines American solitary confinement - in which around 100,000 prisoners are held at any one time - and argues that under a moral reading of individual rights such punishment is not only a matter of public interest, but requires close constitutional scrutiny. While Eighth Amendment precedent has otherwise experienced a generational fixation on the death penalty, this book argues that such scrutiny must be extended to the hidden corners of the US prison system. Despite significant reforms to capital sentencing by the executive and



legislative branches, Eastaugh shows how the American prison system as a whole has escaped meaningful judicial oversight. Drawing on a wide range of socio-political contexts in order to breathe meaning into the moral principles underlying the punishments clause, the study includes an extensive review of professional (medico-legal) consensus and comparative transnational human rights standards united against prolonged solitary confinement. Ultimately, Eastaugh argues that this practice is unconstitutional. An informed and empowering text, this book will be of particular interest to scholars of law, punishment, and the criminal justice system.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910968708403321

Autore

Aronoff Myron Joel

Titolo

Power and ritual in the Israel Labor Party : a study in political anthropology / / Myron J. Aronoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015, c1993

ISBN

1-315-70159-6

1-317-46231-9

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Comparative Politics Series

Disciplina

324.2569407

Soggetti

Mifleget ha-?avodah ha-Yisre?elit

Israel Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1993 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover ""; ""Half Title ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Figures and Tables""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface to the Revised and Expanded Edition""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Introduction: An Unconventional Approach Explained and Justified""; ""2 Fission and Fusion: The Politics of Factionalism""; ""3 The Power of Nominations""; ""4 The Suppression of Issues""; ""5 Ritual of Self-Identification, Rebellion, and Assertion""; ""6 Continuity and Change in Representation in Party Institutions""; ""7 Party Center and Local Branch Relationships""

""8 The End of an Epoch and a New Regime""""9 Adjustment to Being in



Opposition""; ""10 Democratization of Leadership Selection""; ""11 The Impact of the Intifada""; ""12 Facing the Future""; ""13 Concluding Perspectives""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

An anthropological study of a major national political party - one which dominated Israeli politics for nearly five decades and was returned to office in summer 1992. The analysis focuses on the relationship between culture and politics to explain the crucial role the Labour Party has played.