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Kaufman-Osborn Timothy V (Timothy Vance), <1953-> |
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Titolo |
From noose to needle [[electronic resource] ] : capital punishment and the late liberal state / / Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn |
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Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-42313-4 |
9786612423130 |
0-472-02290-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (262 p.) |
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Collana |
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Law, meaning, and violence |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Capital punishment - United States |
Capital punishment - Political aspects |
Hanging - United States |
Lethal injection (Execution) - United States |
Liberalism |
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 (p. 233-242) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Discusses the dilemmas of the relationship between the liberal state and capital punishment |
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