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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459306203321

Autore

Kaufman-Osborn Timothy V (Timothy Vance), <1953->

Titolo

From noose to needle [[electronic resource] ] : capital punishment and the late liberal state / / Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2002

ISBN

1-282-42313-4

9786612423130

0-472-02290-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Collana

Law, meaning, and violence

Disciplina

364.66/0973

Soggetti

Capital punishment - United States

Capital punishment - Political aspects

Hanging - United States

Lethal injection (Execution) - United States

Liberalism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-242) and index.

Nota di contenuto

What is a death sentence? -- John Locke's noose -- The metaphysics of the hangman -- Silencing the voice of pain -- Womanhood unsexed on the gallows -- Needling the sovereign.

Sommario/riassunto

Discusses the dilemmas of the relationship between the liberal state and capital punishment