Death Penalty Cases

Barry Latzer (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

1998 | 3rd ed.
Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7506-9939-6 (ISBN)

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Death Penalty Cases

Barry Latzer

2002

Buch | Softcover

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A textbook which looks at the seminal death penalty cases in the United States. Excerpts from 25 different US Supreme Court cases are studied with the supporting materials that were present in order to illuminate the ethical, legal and historical arguments that prevail in the subject.

This textbook studies seminal death penalty cases in the USA. It offers edited excerpts from 25 different US Supreme Court cases, along with supporting materials to assist a full understanding of the legal perspectives of the subject. Without taking a side in this controversial issue, the book illuminates the arguments and illustrates the cases that form the framework for the US law on the subject.

History of the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause of the 8th Amendment to the US Constitution; homicide laws in the US; the role of the legislatures and state courts in developing the law of capital punishment; habeas corpus law; 25 death penalty-related cases.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.1.1998
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 235 mm
Gewicht	375 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-7506-9939-6 / 0750699396
ISBN-13	978-0-7506-9939-6 / 9780750699396
Zustand	Neuware