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

Focuses on what happens when the American public gets decide on the fate of capital punishment.

List of contents

1. Introduction: when the death penalty goes public; 2. Retention, abolition, and restoration in the early days of the death penalty referendum process; 3. The people versus their representatives: going to the polls to support capital punishment; 4. Targeting the courts; 5. A tool for abolition?; 6. Conclusion: democracy and the fate of capital punishment.

About the author

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.

Summary

This book offers the first study of what happens when the public gets to decide on the fate of capital punishment. It will be of interest to the general public as well as scholars.

Product details

• Authors: Austin Sarat, Austin (Amherst College Sarat
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781108711579
• ISBN: 978-1-108-71157-9
• No. of pages: 202
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; USA, LAW / General, United States of America, USA, Ethical Issues: Capital Punishment, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law