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100 _aCulbert Jennifer L
245 _aDead certainty : The death penalty and the problem of judgment
260 _aCalifornia
_bStanford University Press
_c2008
300 _a235p
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365 _b Rs. 1,130
505 _aContents: Judgment and metaphysics: American capital punishment jurisprudence and Friedrich Nietzsche's history of an error; The promise of reliability and the twin objectives of the capital punishment system; The consolation of common sense in the regulation of capital punishment; The cockcrow of positivism: "normal" culpability in capital punishment jurisprudence; The impact of Payne: the return of sense to capital punishment jurisprudence; The end of error: DNA technology and the decision not to decide in capital cases; The experience of judgement.
650 _a1. Capital Punishment - U S A 2. Capital Punishment - MOral & Ethical Aspects3. Judgements - Criminal
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