The Death Penalty in America by Hugo Adam Bedau

The Death Penalty in America by Hugo Adam Bedau

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This is a comprehensive sourcebook on the death penalty in America. It follows up on, though is much more than a revision of, Bedau's Death Penalty in America, third edition (OUP, 1982). Virtually all the readings are new, and include updated statistical and research data, recent Supreme Court decisions, and major recent contributions to the debate over capital punishment.

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The Death Penalty in America by Hugo Adam Bedau

This is a comprehensive sourcebook on the death penalty in America. It follows up on, though is much more than a revision of, Bedau's Death Penalty in America, third edition (OUP, 1982). Virtually all the readings are new, and include updated statistical and research data, recent Supreme Court decisions, and major recent contributions to the debate over capital punishment.
This volume is to some extent a handbook; but it is also more than thatThe new essays are well worth reading./ Prof Nigel Walker, Institute of Criminology, Cambridge / New Law Journal, 26/02/99
Hugo Adam Bedau is Austin Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University.
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ISBN 13 9780195122862
ISBN 10 0195122860
Title The Death Penalty in America
Author Hugo Adam Bedau
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Year published 1998-07-16
Number of pages 544
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.