"Of all the books which I have read on the death penalty--and that
number is considerable--Sarat's probing analysis in these pages is
among the best. I turned to some of Sarat's research when I wrote
"Dead Man Walking," I trust his scholarship and his ability to
construct a probing analysis of cultural assumptions and political
and legal practice. Sometimes his insights startle me. Sometimes he
jolts me out of intellectual paradigms that had once guided my
thinking. I'm very grateful to him for giving us this book. No one
who reads it will be the same again. We're talking power here, the
power to change consciousness. Fasten your seat belts."--Sister
Helen Prejean, CSJ, author of "Dead Man Walking"
""When the State Kills" describes how capital punishment and the
politics of vengeance have corrupted the courts, other institutions
of government, and our culture. It documents the enormous cost of
the death penalty to society far beyond the cases in which it is
inflicted. And it reveals the poverty of vision that has kept the
United States from joining other nations in abandoning this violent
and primitive form of punishment."--Stephen B. Bright, Director,
Southern Center for Human Rights
"Sarat's brilliant, probing study lights the way to a new depth
of understanding of the dangerous role of capital punishment in
American society. It shows how the death penalty, trivially
unimportant as a tool of crime control, has become a central focus
of this nation's agonized, obsessive struggle to define itself as
strong, clear-sighted and self-confident enough to revel in divine
power over life and death. Profoundly insightful."--Anthony G.
Amsterdam, capital defense lawyer, Professor of Law, New York
University
"Capital punishment is one of the main crimes of state. In this
lucid, scrupulous, and passionate book, Austin Sarat explores the
many facets of capital punishment in order to present the practice
fully and unsparingly. He prepares the way for a new critique of
capital punishment by articulating the most cogent reasons against
it. The book is a triumph of humanist scholarship."--George Kateb,
Princeton University
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
