The road to abolition? [[electronic resource] ] : the future of capital punishment in the United States / / edited by Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., and Austin Sarat |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
Disciplina | 364.660973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
OgletreeCharles J., Jr., <1952-2023.>
SaratAustin |
Collana | The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute series on race and justice |
Soggetto topico |
Capital punishment - United States
Punishment - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
abolished
abolition case certain contributors current death debate discuss elimination emphasis execution forms injection larger lethal might model over particular penalty provide study with |
ISBN |
0-8147-6254-9
1-4416-3384-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Executioner’s Waning Defenses -- 2. Blinded by Science on the Road to Abolition? -- 3. Abolition in the United States by 2050 On Political Capital and Ordinary Acts of Resistance -- 4. The Beginning of the End? -- 5. Rocked but Still Rolling -- 6. For Execution Methods Challenges, the Road to Abolition Is Paved with Paradox -- 7. Perfect Execution -- 8. “No Improvement over Electrocution or Even a Bullet” -- 9. Torture, War, and Capital Punishment -- 10. Making Difference -- About the Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780974903321 |
New York, : New York University Press, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Thinking from things : essays in the philosophy of archaeology / / Alison Wylie |
Autore | Wylie Alison |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 339 pages) |
Disciplina | 930.1/01 |
Soggetto topico |
Archaeology - Philosophy
Archaeology - Methodology |
Soggetto non controllato |
academic
accountability anglo american archaeologist archaeology career collected works critical criticism debate essay anthology essay collection evidence gender politics historical essays historical interpretive dilemma methodology middle ground new archaeology philosophical research revised scholarly science scientific typology workforce |
ISBN |
0-520-93540-3
1-59734-951-8 1-282-35944-4 9786612359446 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part One. Introduction -- Part Two. How New Is the New Archaeology, and Other Historical Essays -- Part Three. Interpretive Dilemmas -- Part Four. On Being "Empirical" but Not "Narrowly Empiricist" -- Part Five. Issues of Accountability -- Notes -- References Cited -- Names Index -- Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783168603321 |
Wylie Alison | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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What is medicine? [[electronic resource] ] : Western and Eastern approaches to healing / / Paul U. Unschuld ; translated from the German by Karen Reimers |
Autore | Unschuld Paul U (Paul Ulrich), <1943-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (252 p.) |
Disciplina | 610.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Medicine - Philosophy - History
Medicine, Oriental - Philosophy - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
ancient healing
china chinese medicine cognitive dynamics comparative history debate doctors and patients eastern medicine economics europe european medicine healing and medicine health and wellness health care policies health care professionals history of medicine human health medical theory modern medicine molecular biology nonfiction pathology physiology political shifts scientists traditional practices western adaptations western medicine |
ISBN | 0-520-94470-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Life = Body Plus X -- 2. Medicine, or Novelty Appeal -- 3. Why Laws of Nature? -- 4. Longing for Order -- 5. Ethics and Legality -- 6. Why Here? Why Now? -- 7. Thales' Trite Observation -- 8. Polis, Law, and Self-determination -- 9. The Individual and the Whole -- 10. Nonmedical Healing -- 11. Mawangdui: Early Healing in China -- 12. Humans Are Biologically Identical across Cultures. So Why Not Medicine? -- 13. The Yellow Thearch's Body Image -- 14. The Birth of Chinese Medicine -- 15. The Division of the Elite -- 16. A View to the Visible, and Opinions on the Invisible -- 17. State Concept and Body Image -- 18. Farewell to Demons and Spirits -- 19. New Pathogens, and Morality -- 20. Medicine without Pharmaceutics -- 21. Pharmaceutics without Medicine -- 22. Puzzling Parallels -- 23. The Beginning of Medicine in Greece -- 24. The End of Monarchy -- 25. Troublemakers and Ostracism -- 26. See Something You Don't See -- 27. Powers of Self-healing: Self-evident? -- 28. Confucians' Fear of Chaos -- 29. Medicine: Expression of the General State of Mind -- 30. Dynamic Ideas and Faded Model Images -- 31. The Hour of the Dissectors -- 32. Manifold Experiences of the World -- 33. Greek Medicine and Roman Incomprehension -- 34. Illness as Stasis -- 35. Head and Limbs -- 36. The Rediscovery of Wholeness -- 37. To Move the Body to a Statement -- 38. Galen of Pergamon: Collector in All Worlds -- 39. Europe's Ancient Pharmacology -- 40. The Wheel of Progress Turns No More -- 41. Constancy and Discontinuity of Structures -- 42. Arabian Interlude -- 43. The Tang Era: Cultural Diversity, Conceptual Vacuum -- 44. Changes in the Song Era -- 45. The Authority of Distant Antiquity -- 46. Zhang Ji's Belated Honors -- 47. Chinese Pharmacology |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790258003321 |
Unschuld Paul U (Paul Ulrich), <1943-> | ||
Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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When governments break the law [[electronic resource] ] : the rule of law and the prosecution of the Bush administration / / edited by Austin Sarat and Nasser Hussain |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Disciplina | 340/.115 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SaratAustin
HussainNasser <1965-> |
Soggetto topico |
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
Rule of law Administrative responsibility International crimes Terrorism - Prevention - Law and legislation - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
Break
Using When approach challenges criminal debate governments interdisciplinary jumping legal point posed takes this wrongdoing |
ISBN |
0-8147-8656-1
0-8147-4142-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Vindicating the Rule of Law -- 2. Guantánamo in the Province of The Hague? -- 3. Universal Jurisdiction as Praxis -- 4. The Spider’s Web -- 5. Democracy as the Rule of Law -- 6. Justice Jackson, the Memory of Internment, and the Rule of Law after the Bush Administration -- About the Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791464003321 |
New York, : New York University Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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When governments break the law : the rule of law and the prosecution of the Bush administration / / edited by Austin Sarat and Nasser Hussain |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Disciplina | 340/.115 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SaratAustin
HussainNasser <1965-> |
Soggetto topico |
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
Rule of law Administrative responsibility International crimes Terrorism - Prevention - Law and legislation - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
Break
Using When approach challenges criminal debate governments interdisciplinary jumping legal point posed takes this wrongdoing |
ISBN |
0-8147-8656-1
0-8147-4142-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Vindicating the Rule of Law -- 2. Guantánamo in the Province of The Hague? -- 3. Universal Jurisdiction as Praxis -- 4. The Spider’s Web -- 5. Democracy as the Rule of Law -- 6. Justice Jackson, the Memory of Internment, and the Rule of Law after the Bush Administration -- About the Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821335803321 |
New York, : New York University Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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