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 |
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-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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Rites of execution [[electronic resource] ] : capital punishment and the transformation of American culture, 1776-1865 / / Louis P. Masur
| Rites of execution [[electronic resource] ] : capital punishment and the transformation of American culture, 1776-1865 / / Louis P. Masur |
| Autore | Masur Louis P |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991, c1989 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (208 pages ) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Disciplina | 364.660973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Capital punishment - United States - History
Executions and executioners - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4237-3694-X
1-60129-795-5 1-280-52542-8 0-19-802158-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452951703321 |
Masur Louis P
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| New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991, c1989 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rites of execution : capital punishment and the transformation of American culture, 1776-1865 / / Louis P. Masur
| Rites of execution : capital punishment and the transformation of American culture, 1776-1865 / / Louis P. Masur |
| Autore | Masur Louis P |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991, c1989 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Disciplina | 364.660973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Capital punishment - United States - History
Executions and executioners - United States - History |
| ISBN |
1-4237-3694-X
1-60129-795-5 1-280-52542-8 0-19-802158-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782075203321 |
Masur Louis P
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| New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991, c1989 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rites of execution : capital punishment and the transformation of American culture, 1776-1865 / / Louis P. Masur
| Rites of execution : capital punishment and the transformation of American culture, 1776-1865 / / Louis P. Masur |
| Autore | Masur Louis P |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991, c1989 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Disciplina | 364.660973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Capital punishment - United States - History
Executions and executioners - United States - History |
| ISBN |
1-4237-3694-X
1-60129-795-5 1-280-52542-8 0-19-802158-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Ritual and Reform in Antebellum America -- 2. The Design of Public Executions in the Early American Republic -- 3. The Opposition to Capital Punishment in Post-Revolutionary America -- 4. The Dream of Reformation and the Limits of Reform -- 5. The Origins of Private Executions in America -- 6. Anti-Gallows Activists and the Commitment to Moral Reform -- 7. The Conflict over Capital Punishment in Antebellum America -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996248023803316 |
Masur Louis P
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| New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991, c1989 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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