The Punitive Imagination Law, Justice, and Responsibility.
by
 
Sarat, Austin.

Title
The Punitive Imagination Law, Justice, and Responsibility.

Author
Sarat, Austin.

ISBN
9780817387969

Personal Author
Sarat, Austin.

Publication Information
Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2014.

Physical Description
1 online resource (199 pages)

General Note
ContributorsIndex.

Contents
Acknowledgments; Examining Assumptions: An Introduction to Punishment, Imagination, and Possibility / Austin Sarat; 1. "To See a World in a Grain of Sand": Dignity and Indignity in American Criminal Justice / Carol S. Steiker; 2. Injustice, Authority, and the Criminal Law / Stephen P. Garvey; 3. Imprisonment without Justice / Caleb Smith; 4. Punishment as an Act of the Imagination / Leo Katz; 5. "Which Question? Which Lie?": Reflections on Payne v. Tennessee and the "Quick Glimpse" of Life / Michelle Brown; 6. Afterword: Time, Imagination, and Punishment / Patricia Ewick.

Abstract
From the Gospel of Matthew to numerous US Supreme Court justices, many literary and legal sources have observed that how a society metes out punishment reveals core truths about its character. The Punitive Imagination is a collection of essays that engages and contributes to debates about the purposes and meanings of punishment in the United States. The Punitive Imagination examines some of the critical assumptions that frame America''s approach to punishment. It explores questions such as:· What is the place of concern for human dignity in our prevailing ideologies of punishment?·

Subject Term
Punishment -- United States -- Congresses.
 
Law.
 
Punishment.

Geographic Term
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155

Genre
Electronic books.
 
Conference proceedings. (OCoLC)fst01423772

Added Author
Brown, Michelle.
 
Garvey, Stephen P.
 
Katz, Leo.
 
Smith, Caleb.
 
Steiker, Carol S.

Electronic Access
EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=852877


LibraryMaterial TypeItem BarcodeShelf NumberStatus
IYTE LibraryE-Book484274-1001KF9225 .A75 .P86 2014Online