The killing state
Subtitle: capital punishment in law, politics, and culture
By: edited by Austin Sarat.
Contributors: Sarat, Austin.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Capital punishment -- United States -- Congresses
Description: "The Killing State: Capital Punishment in Law, Politics, and Culture explores what it means when the state kills and what it means for citizens to live in a killing state, helping us understand why America clings tenaciously to a punishment that has been abandoned by every other industrialized democracy.".

"Edited by a leading figure in socio-legal studies, this book brings together the work of ten scholars, including recognized experts on the death penalty and noted scholars writing about it for the first time."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.