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