For Capital Punishment - Crime and the Morality of the Death Penalty

This distinguished constitutional theorist takes a hard look at current criminal law and the Supreme Court's most recent decisions regarding the legality of capital punishment. Examining the penal system, capital punishment, and punishment in general, he reviews the continuing debate about the purpose of punishment for deterrence, rehabilitation, or retribution.

About the author

Walter Berns is John M. Olin University Professor, Department of Government, Georgetown University and adjunct scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.

Product details

• Authors: Walter Berns, Berns Walter
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.10.1991
• EAN: 9780819181503
• ISBN: 978-0-8191-8150-3
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 203 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 295 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Penology and punishment, Penology & punishment, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying