Final Judgments. The Death Penalty in American Law and Culture
Austin Sarat - Cambridge university press, 2017
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Final Judgments: The Death Penalty in
American Law and Culture explores the significance and meaning of
finality in capital cases. Questions addressed in this book include: how
are concerns about finality reflected in the motivations and behavior
of participants in the death penalty system? How does an awareness of
finality shape the experience of the death penalty for those condemned
to die as well as for capital punishment's public audience? What is the
meaning of time in capital cases? What are the relative weights
according to finality versus the need for error correction in legal and
political debates? And, how does the meaning of finality differ in
capital and non-capital (LWOP) cases? Each chapter examines the idea of
finality as a legal, political, and cultural fact. Final Judgments
deploys various theories and perspectives to explore the death penalty's
finality.
Examines the death penalty from a range of perspectives
Fills a gap in the literature on capital punishment
Explores the idea of finality as a legal, political, and cultural fact
Fills a gap in the literature on capital punishment
Explores the idea of finality as a legal, political, and cultural fact
