Harsh justice criminal punishment and the widening divide between America and Europe
James Q. Whitman
- viii, 311 p., 10 p. of plates ill., ports 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-299) and index
Degradation, harshness and mercy -- Contemporary American harshness : rejecting respect for persons -- Continental dignity and mildness -- The continental abolition of degradation -- Low status in the Anglo-American world
0195155254 cloth : acid-free paper
2002004838
bA3Y1853 UK
Punishment--United States Punishment--France Punishment--Germany Punishment--Philosophy
Class of Spring 2000 Berlin Prize Fellow Fellow Written at the Academy