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The Eighth Amendment, The Death Penalty And Ordinary Robbery-Burglary Murderers: A California Case Study, Steven Shatz

Steven F. Shatz

The Road Not Considered, Robert Blecker

robert blecker

“The Road Not Considered” suggests a morally refined death penalty statute as an alternative to abolition or keeping New Jersey’s presently flawed legislation.

The Road Not Considered, Robert Blecker

robert blecker

“The Road Not Considered” suggests a morally refined death penalty statute as an alternative to abolition or keeping New Jersey’s presently flawed legislation.

Introduction To Morality, Justice And The Law, M. Katherine B. Darmer

M. Katherine B. Darmer

MORALITY, JUSTICE AND THE LAW is a co-edited volume pulling together selections on theories of the moral underpinnings of law, morality and lawyering (including the religious lawyering movement), civil disobedience, capital punishment and immigration. The book was published by Prometheus Books in 2007.

Furman's Mythical Mandate, Scott Howe

Scott W. Howe

This Article argues for the rescue and reform of Supreme Court doctrine regulating capital sentencing trials under the Eighth Amendment. Many legal commentators, both liberal and conservative, including several members of the Supreme Court, have concluded that the Court's regulation of capital sentencing trials is a disaster. The repeated criticisms rest on a commonly accepted view about a principal goal of capital sentencing regulation. The prevailing account, fueled by the rhetoric of the Justices, stems from the notion that Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 208 (1972), revealed a mandate of consistency in the use of the death penalty that the …