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UNINA9910452534803321 |
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Titolo |
Qualities of mercy [[electronic resource] ] : justice, punishment, and discretion / / edited by Carolyn Strange |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Vancouver, : UBC Press, c1996 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-13203-6 |
9786613132031 |
0-7748-5475-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (200 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Punishment - Great Britain - History |
Punishment - Canada - History |
Punishment - Australia - History |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Civilized People Don't Want to See That Sort of Thing: The Decline of Physical Punishment in London, 1760-1840""; ""2 In Place of Death: Transportation, Penal Practices, and the English State, 1770-1830""; ""3 'Harshness and Forbearance': The Politics of Pardons and the Upper Canada Rebellion""; ""4 Savage Mercy: Native Culture and the Modification of Capital Punishment in Nineteenth-Century British Columbia""; ""5 Discretionary Justice: Political Culture and the Death Penalty in New South Wales and Ontario, 1890-1920"" |
""Punishment in Late-Twentieth-Century Canada: An Afterword""""Select Bibliography""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; |
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