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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.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks HV8699 .U5 C86 2008 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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