The Death Penalty on the Ballot: American Democracy and the Fate of Capital Punishment

Investigating the attitudes about capital punishment in contemporary America, this book poses the question: can ending the...
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Author: Austin Sarat
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The Death Penalty on the Ballot: American Democracy and the Fate of Capital Punishment by Sarat, Austin

The Death Penalty on the Ballot: American Democracy and the Fate of Capital Punishment

BD$48.11

The Death Penalty on the Ballot: American Democracy and the Fate of Capital Punishment

BD$48.11
Author: Austin Sarat
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Investigating the attitudes about capital punishment in contemporary America, this book poses the question: can ending the death penalty be done democratically? How is it that a liberal democracy like the United States shares the distinction of being a leading proponent of the death penalty with some of the world's most repressive regimes? Reporting on the first study of initiative and referendum processes used to decide the fate of the death penalty in the United States, this book explains how these processes have played an important, but generally neglected, role in the recent history of America's death penalty. While numerous scholars have argued that the death penalty is incompatible with democracy and that it cannot be reconciled with democracy's underlying commitment to respect the equal dignity of all, Professor Austin Sarat offers the first study of what happens when the public gets to decide on the fate of capital punishment.

Author: Austin Sarat
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 04/18/2019
Pages: 202
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.00h x 9.00w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781108711579


Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2019

About the Author
Sarat, Austin: - Austin Sarat is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College, Massachusetts. He is author or editor of over ninety books in the fields of law and political science, including Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America's Death Penalty (2014). His book When Government Breaks the Law: The Rule of Law and the Prosecution of the Bush Administration (2010) was named one of the best books of 2010 by The Huffington Post.

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