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The Elgar Companion to Capital Punishment and Society

The Elgar Companion to Capital Punishment and Society

Name: The Elgar Companion to Capital Punishment and Society
Brand: Edward Elgar Publishing
SKU: 9781803929149
Price: 2698.54 HKD
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Author: Benjamin Fleury-Steiner
ISBN: 9781803929149

By Benjamin Fleury-Steiner

Edward Elgar Publishing September 2024

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ISBN-13: 9781803929149
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication: September 2024
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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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.

1.
Introduction to the Elgar Companion to Capital Punishment and Society 1: Benjamin Fleury-Steiner and Austin Sarat; PART I. INFLUENCES; 2.
The case against the American death penalty 7: Evan Mandery; 3.
The case for capital punishment 17: Joseph M. Bessette and Edward Feser; 4.
The cultural rhetoric of capital punishment in Colonial America through the early Republic, 1641–1792 31: John Cyril Barton; 5.
Public opinion and capital punishment in the United States 48: Cheryl Lero Jonson, William Andrew Stadler and Brooke Miller Gialopsos; 6.
Capital punishment and the constitution 62: Carol S. Steiker and Jordan M. Steiker; 7.
The death penalty as an international human rights concern: developments and challenges 73: Sangmin Bae; PART II. PROCESSES; 8.
Capital trials: individualized sentences and generalized biases 88: Sarah Beth Kaufman; 9.
Capital defense attorneys 102: Maya Pagni Barak and Jon B. Gould; 10.
Juries in capital cases 114: Valerie Hans and Amelia Hritz; 11.
Appellate and post-conviction remedies in death cases 127: David R. Dow; 12.
Six US execution methods and the disastrous quest for humaneness 137: Deborah W. Denno; PART III. OUTCOMES; 13.
Race and the death penalty 159: Diann Rust-Tierney, Barbara O’Brien and Catherine M. Grosso; 14.
Wrong-person error in capital cases 171: James S. Liebman; 15.
Death row exonerations: a scoping review 190: Amy Shlosberg, Valli Rajah, Michael Horahan and Júlia Malheiros; 16.
Comparing life without parole to the death penalty 208: 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? 222: Mohamed ‘Arafa; 18.
The death penalty in Botswana and Zimbabwe: a comparative historical analysis 235: Andrew Novak; 19.
The death penalty in the People’s Republic of China 249: Bin Liang and Jinzhou Wang; 20.
Capital punishment in Japan 265: Viviana Andreescu; 21.
Capital punishment in the Philippines 275: David T. Johnson; 22.
Capital punishment in Vietnam 287: Hai Thanh Luong; 23.
Capital punishment in Great Britain 293: Lizzie Seal; 24.
Capital punishment in Germany 307: Birte Christ; 25.
The death penalty in Poland and in Central and Eastern Europe 318: Agata Fijalkowski; 26.
Capital punishment in Ireland 331: David M. Doyle and Lynsey Black; 27.
The history of the death penalty and its abolition in Mexico 342: Patrick Timmons; 28.
The death penalty in Iran 356: William Schabas; 29.
The shadow of the death penalty in Israel: constructing enemies, citizens, and victims 368: Smadar Ben-Natan