Gruesome spectacles : botched executions and America's death penalty / / Austin Sarat ; with Katherine Blumstein [and three others]
| Gruesome spectacles : botched executions and America's death penalty / / Austin Sarat ; with Katherine Blumstein [and three others] |
| Autore | Sarat Austin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, California : , : Stanford Law Books, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
| Disciplina | 364.660973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Executions and executioners - United States - History
Capital punishment - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8047-9172-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; CHAPTER 1- The Mere Extinguishment of Life? Technological Efficiency, Botched Executions, and the Legitimacy of Capital Punishment in the United States; CHAPTER 2- A Clumsy, Inefficient, Inhuman Thing Death by Hanging; CHAPTER 3- When Science Fails Electrocution; CHAPTER 4- A Short and Unhappy History The Gas Chamber; CHAPTER 5- "How Enviable a Quiet Death" Lethal Injection; CHAPTER 6- Botched Executions and the Struggle to End Capital Punishment; Appendix A; Appendix B; Acknowledgments; A Note on Collaboration; Notes; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464376703321 |
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| Stanford, California : , : Stanford Law Books, , 2014 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gruesome spectacles : botched executions and America's death penalty / / Austin Sarat ; with Katherine Blumstein [and three others]
| Gruesome spectacles : botched executions and America's death penalty / / Austin Sarat ; with Katherine Blumstein [and three others] |
| Autore | Sarat Austin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, California : , : Stanford Law Books, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
| Disciplina | 364.660973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Executions and executioners - United States - History
Capital punishment - United States - History |
| ISBN | 0-8047-9172-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; CHAPTER 1- The Mere Extinguishment of Life? Technological Efficiency, Botched Executions, and the Legitimacy of Capital Punishment in the United States; CHAPTER 2- A Clumsy, Inefficient, Inhuman Thing Death by Hanging; CHAPTER 3- When Science Fails Electrocution; CHAPTER 4- A Short and Unhappy History The Gas Chamber; CHAPTER 5- "How Enviable a Quiet Death" Lethal Injection; CHAPTER 6- Botched Executions and the Struggle to End Capital Punishment; Appendix A; Appendix B; Acknowledgments; A Note on Collaboration; Notes; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786933803321 |
Sarat Austin
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| Stanford, California : , : Stanford Law Books, , 2014 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gruesome spectacles : botched executions and America's death penalty / / Austin Sarat ; with Katherine Blumstein [and three others]
| Gruesome spectacles : botched executions and America's death penalty / / Austin Sarat ; with Katherine Blumstein [and three others] |
| Autore | Sarat Austin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, California : , : Stanford Law Books, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
| Disciplina | 364.660973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Executions and executioners - United States - History
Capital punishment - United States - History |
| ISBN | 0-8047-9172-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; CHAPTER 1- The Mere Extinguishment of Life? Technological Efficiency, Botched Executions, and the Legitimacy of Capital Punishment in the United States; CHAPTER 2- A Clumsy, Inefficient, Inhuman Thing Death by Hanging; CHAPTER 3- When Science Fails Electrocution; CHAPTER 4- A Short and Unhappy History The Gas Chamber; CHAPTER 5- "How Enviable a Quiet Death" Lethal Injection; CHAPTER 6- Botched Executions and the Struggle to End Capital Punishment; Appendix A; Appendix B; Acknowledgments; A Note on Collaboration; Notes; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824346803321 |
Sarat Austin
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| Stanford, California : , : Stanford Law Books, , 2014 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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