Carol S Steiker: 2 books

Book cover of Courting Death
by Carol S. Steiker
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2016

Refusing to eradicate the death penalty, the U.S. has attempted to reform and rationalize capital punishment through federal constitutional law. While execution chambers remain active in several states, Carol Steiker and Jordan Steiker argue that the fate of the American death penalty is likely to be sealed by this failed judicial experiment.
Book cover of The Punitive Imagination

The Punitive Imagination

Law, Justice, and Responsibility

by Michelle Brown, Patricia Ewick, Stephen P. Garvey
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014

From the Gospel of Matthew to numerous US Supreme Court justices, many literary and legal sources have observed that how a society metes out punishment reveals core truths about its character. The Punitive Imagination is a collection of essays that engages and contributes to debates about the purposes...
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