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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792444003321

Titolo

Pain, death, and the law [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Austin Sarat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2001

ISBN

1-282-42282-0

9786612422829

0-472-02285-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Collana

Law, meaning, and violence

Altri autori (Persone)

SaratAustin

Disciplina

345.73/0773

Soggetti

Human body - Law and legislation - United States

Capital punishment - United States

Pain - Social aspects

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

How the law constructs pain and death as jurisprudential facts