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UNINA9910792444003321 |
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Titolo |
Pain, death, and the law [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Austin Sarat |
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Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-42282-0 |
9786612422829 |
0-472-02285-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (179 p.) |
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Collana |
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Law, meaning, and violence |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Human body - Law and legislation - United States |
Capital punishment - United States |
Pain - Social aspects |
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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; Introduction: On Pain and Death as Facts of Legal Life / Austin Sarat; The Problem of Pain in Punishment: Historical Perspectives / Karl Shoemaker; Killing Me Softly: Capital Punishment and the Technologies for Taking Life / Austin Sarat; What the Law Must Not Hear: On Capital Punishment and the Voice of Pain / Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn; The Sacred Name of Pain: The Role of Victim Impact Evidence in Death Penalty Sentencing Decisions / Jennifer L. Culbert; The Problem of Pain and the Right to Die / Shai J. Lavi; Contributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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How the law constructs pain and death as jurisprudential facts |
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