Death penalty in decline? : the fight against capital punishment in the decades since Furman v. Georgia / edited by Austin Sarat.
| Other author | Sarat, Austin, editor. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2024. |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | 1 online resource (236 pages) |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
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| Portion of title | Fight against capital punishment in the decades since Furman v. Georgia |
| Contents | Introduction: the death penalty in decline and today's abolitionist politics / Austin Sarat -- Part I: Looking back at Furman v. Georgia -- What-ifs and missed opportunities: the U.S. Supreme Court, death sentences and executions, and the fiftieth anniversary of Furman v. Georgia / John D. Bessler -- What was "unusual" in Furman? / Linda Ross Meyer -- The foreignness of Furman / Carol S. Steiker & Jordan M. Steiker -- Part II: On the road to abolition? -- Catholicism and the ongoing struggle to end the death penalty, from Furman v. Georgia to the present / Sara Mayeux -- Abolition then and now: the role of Furman's failure in today's abolition success / Corinna Barrett Lain -- When the killing law stops killing: thoughts about Furman / James R. Martel. |
| Abstract | "This volume presents essays evaluating the similarities and differences between the legal, political, ethical, and practical landscapes confronted by the death penalty abolition movement at the time of the Furman v. Georgia decision and subsequent reversal and those confronted by the same movement today"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 21, 2024). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Death penalty in decline? Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2024] 9781439924815 |
| LCCN | 2023042557 |
| ISBN | 9781439924839 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 143992483X (electronic book) |
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| ISBN | (paperback) |
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