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The Elgar Companion to capital punishment and society / edited by Benjamin Fleury-Steiner (Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware) and Austin Sarat (William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College, US).
Fleury-Steiner, Benjamin, editor.; Sarat, Austin, editor.; Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.
2024
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The Elgar Companion to capital punishment and society / edited by Benjamin Fleury-Steiner (Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware) and Austin Sarat (William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College, US).
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Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.
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"The Elgar Companion to Capital Punishment and Society presents a multidisciplinary overview of capital punishment's influences, processes and outcomes across society. A global range of philosophers, social scientists, legal experts, political theorists and historians critically analyse the trajectory of the death penalty in both retentionist and abolitionist countries, underscoring how state killing remains a crucial issue worldwide. The volume lays out the philosophical justifications for and against capital punishment, before examining the practicalities of the death penalty, including the roles of numerous legal actors before, during, and after a capital trial. Chapters assess the outcomes of the death penalty, documenting racial biases and erroneous sentences, as well as exploring exonerations and Life Without Parole. Finally, expert scholars compare the current status of capital punishment in 12 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, Central America and the Middle East, presenting nuanced perspectives on the topic from different cultural and political viewpoints. This comprehensive Companion is a vital resource for students and scholars of criminology, criminal law and justice, law and society, and legal history. The discussions on cutting-edge legal questions surrounding the death penalty will also appeal to defence lawyers, non-governmental organisations, and advocates working in the field"-- Provided by publisher.
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Contents: 1. Introduction to the elgar companion to capital punishment and society / Benjamin Fleury-Steiner and Austin Sarat
Part I. Influences
2. The case against the American death penalty / Evan Mandery
3. The case for capital punishment / Joseph M. Bessette and Edward Feser
4. The cultural rhetoric of capital punishment in colonial america through the early republic, 1641-1792 / John Cyril Barton
5. Public opinion and capital punishment in the United States / Cheryl Lero Jonson, William Andrew Stadler and Brooke Miller Gialopsos
6. Capital punishment and the constitution / Carol S. Steiker and Jordan M. Steiker
7. The death penalty as an international human rights concern: Developments and challenges / Sangmin Bae
Part II. Processes
8. Capital trials: Individualized sentences and generalized biases / Sarah Beth Kaufman
9. Capital defense attorneys / Maya Pagni Barak and Jon B. Gould
10. Juries in capital cases / Valerie Hans and Amelia Hritz
11. Appellate and post-conviction remedies in death cases / David R. Dow
12. Six us execution methods and the disastrous quest for humaneness / Deborah W. Denno
Part III. Outcomes
13. Race and the death penalty / Diann Rust-Tierney, Barbara O'Brien and Catherine M. Grosso
14. Wrong-person error in capital cases / James S. Liebman
15. Death row exonerations: A scoping review / Amy Shlosberg, Valli Rajah, Michael Horahan and Júlia Malheiros
16. Comparing life without parole to the death penalty / Christopher Seeds
Part IV. Comparisons: Africa, asia, Europe, Mexico, and the middle east
17. The myth of the death penalty in egypt: Can it ever be justified? / Mohamed 'Arafa
18. The death penalty in botswana and zimbabwe: A comparative historical analysis / Andrew Novak
19. The death penalty in the people's republic of China / Bin Liang and Jinzhou Wang
20. Capital punishment in Japan / Viviana Andreescu
21. Capital punishment in the philippines / David T. Johnson
22. Capital punishment in vietnam / Hai Thanh Luong
23. Capital punishment in great britain / Lizzie Seal
24. Capital punishment in Germany / Birte Christ
25. The death penalty in Poland and in central and eastern Europe / Agata Fijalkowski
26. Capital punishment in Ireland / David M. Doyle and Lynsey Black
27. The history of the death penalty and its abolition in Mexico / Patrick Timmons
28. The death penalty in iran / William Schabas
29. The shadow of the death penalty in Israel: Constructing enemies, citizens, and victims / Smadar Ben-Natan.

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