Pain, death, and the law / / edited by Austin Sarat
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| Titolo: |
Pain, death, and the law / / edited by Austin Sarat
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| Pubblicazione: | Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2001 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (179 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 345.73/0773 |
| Soggetto topico: | Human body - Law and legislation - United States |
| Capital punishment - United States | |
| Pain - Social aspects | |
| Altri autori: |
SaratAustin
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| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Pain, death, and the law |
| ISBN: | 1-282-42282-0 |
| 9786612422829 | |
| 0-472-02285-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910823577403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Law, meaning, and violence.