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Culbert, Jennifer L.

Dead certainty the death penalty and the problem of judgment Jennifer L. Culbert - 235 S. 23 cm - Cultural memory in the present .

Includes bibliographical references and index

Judgment and metaphysics : American capital punishment jurisprudence and Friedrich Nietzsche's history of an error -- The promise of reliability and the twin objectives of the capital punishment system -- The consolation of common sense in the regulation of capital punishment -- The cockcrow of positivism : "normal" culpability in capital punishment jurisprudence -- The impact of Payne : the return of sense to capital punishment jurisprudence -- The end of error : DNA technology and the decision not to decide in capital cases -- The experience of judgment

Judgment and metaphysics : American capital punishment jurisprudence and Friedrich Nietzsche's history of an error -- The promise of reliability and the twin objectives of the capital punishment system -- The consolation of common sense in the regulation of capital punishment -- The cockcrow of positivism : "normal" culpability in capital punishment jurisprudence -- The impact of Payne : the return of sense to capital punishment jurisprudence -- The end of error : DNA technology and the decision not to decide in capital cases -- The experience of judgment

ISBN: 0804757453 cloth : alk. paper 0804757461 pbk. : alk. paper 9780804757454 : cloth : alk. paper 9780804757461 : pbk. : alk. paper

LCCN: 2007029928

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Capital punishment--United States
Capital punishment--Moral and ethical aspects--United States
Judgments, Criminal--United States
Capital punishment--United States
Capital punishment--Moral and ethical aspects--United States
Judgments, Criminal--United States

Subjects--Index Terms: Siemens Fellow , Class of Fall 2011 Fellow

LC Class. No.: HV8699.U5

Dewey Class. No.: 364.660973