wyszukanych pozycji: 4
Cruel and Unusual Punishment: Rights and Liberties Under the Law
ISBN: 9781576076026 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution created one of the nation's most valued freedoms but, at the same time, one of its most persistent controversies. On 184 separate occasions, the Supreme Court attempted to decide what constitutes "cruel and unusual punishment." Constitutional scholars Joseph A. Melusky and Judge Keith A. Pesto help readers make sense of the controversy. The authors begin by sketching the context of the debate in a general overview that addresses issues such as excessive bails and fines, and noncapital offenses. But their primary focus is capital punishment.... The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution created one of the nation's most valued freedoms but, at the same time, one of its most persistent co... |
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491,90 zł |
Capital Punishment: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture, and the Law
ISBN: 9781440877070 / Angielski / 14-11-2024 Książka dostępna od: 14-11-2024 |
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Planowany termin premiery książki: 14-11-2024
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365,31 zł |
Capital Punishment
ISBN: 9780313335587 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 207 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "Capital Punishment" examines the debate around the death penalty, raising questions and attempting to provide an even-handed examination of this controversial practice. The authors combine analysis of important issues with excerpts from landmark legal decisions, important documents, survey results, and empirical data. The first part of the book discusses the origins of the death penalty and traces its development from antiquity to contemporary times. Detailed statistical information about capital punishment is presented and discussed, and the death penalty is considered against a... "Capital Punishment" examines the debate around the death penalty, raising questions and attempting to provide an even-handed examination of this ... |
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398,29 zł |
The Death Penalty: Documents Decoded
ISBN: 9781610691949 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This book provides far more than an effective overview of the history, current status, and future of capital punishment in America; it supplies excerpts of the words of the justices themselves to make these judicial opinions readily accessible and understandable to general audiences. As a result, readers can see what the justices had to say for themselves regarding more than 30 important cases involving the death penalty--without relying on any intermediary interpretations of their statements. After a brief historical summary of the debate over capital punishment and the arguments favoring... This book provides far more than an effective overview of the history, current status, and future of capital punishment in America; it supplies exc... |
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567,96 zł |