Death Penalty

Beyond the Smoke and Mirrors

von Alfred B. Heilbrun

204 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Capital punishment attracts strong and opposing moral positions: execution by the state under any condition is wrong versus execution as just retribution for heinous killing. Using evidence from legal history, this book rejects these moral arguments as a basis for determining the social value of the death penalty and considers the issue scientifically by determining whether capital punishment deters willful killing.

• Themen: Recht Rechtswissenschaft, allgemein
• ISBN: 9780761834724
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.09.2006
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: University Press of America