America's death penalty : between past and present

Over the past three decades, the United States has embraced the death penalty with tenacious enthusiasm. While most of those countries whose legal systems and cultures are normally compared to the United States have abolished capital punishment, the United States continues to employ this ultimate to...

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Other Authors Garland, David, McGowen, Randall, 1948-, Meranze, Michael
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published New York : New York University Press, ©2011.
SeriesUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects
trest smrti > Spojené státy americké
capital punishment > United States
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sborníky
electronic books
papers of several authors
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Summary:Over the past three decades, the United States has embraced the death penalty with tenacious enthusiasm. While most of those countries whose legal systems and cultures are normally compared to the United States have abolished capital punishment, the United States continues to employ this ultimate tool of punishment. The death penalty has achieved an unparalleled prominence in our public life and left an indelible imprint on our politics and culture. It has also provoked intense scholarly debate, much of it devoted to explaining the roots of American exceptionalism. America's Death Penalty take.- Resumé vydavatel
Physical Description:1 online zdroj (ix, 232 stran) : ilustrace
Bibliography:Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy a index.
ISBN:9780814732809
9780814733042
9780814732663
9780814732670
Access:Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty

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