From Noose to Needle : Capital Punishment and the Late Liberal State.
Title:
From Noose to Needle : Capital Punishment and the Late Liberal State.
Author:
Kaufman-Osborn, Timothy Vance.
ISBN:
9780472022908
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (262 pages)
Series:
Law, Meaning, And Violence
Contents:
Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What Is a Death Sentence? -- 3. John Locke's Noose -- 4. The Metaphysics of the Hangman -- 5. Silencing the Voice of Pain -- 6. Womanhood Unsexed on the Gallows -- 7. Needling the Sovereign -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
Discusses the dilemmas of the relationship between the liberal state and capital punishment.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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