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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
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  
Stanford, California : , : Stanford Law Books, , 2014
Materiale a stampa
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  
Stanford, California : , : Stanford Law Books, , 2014
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
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  
Stanford, California : , : Stanford Law Books, , 2014
Materiale a stampa
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  
New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991, c1989
Materiale a stampa
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  
New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991, c1989
Materiale a stampa
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  
New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991, c1989
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
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