The Cultural Lives of Capital Punishment: Comparative Perspectives

by Austin Sarat

Book Overview

How does the way we think and feel about the world around us affect the existence and administration of the death penalty? What role does capital punishment play in defining our political and cultural identity?

After centuries during which capital punishment was a normal and self-evident part of criminal punishment, it has now taken on a life of its own in various arenas far beyond the limits of the penal sphere. In this volume, the authors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804752346
• ISBN13: 9780804752343
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"