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Dead certainty : the death penalty and the problem of judgment / Jennifer L. Culbert.

By: Series: Cultural memory in the presentPublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2008.Description: 235 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780804757454 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0804757453 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780804757461 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0804757461 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.660973 22
LOC classification:
  • HV8699.U5 C86 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks HV8699 .U5 C86 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001067924

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-222) 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.

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