Death Penalty Cases: Leading U.S. Supreme Court Cases on Capital Punishment

By Barry Latzer

Book Overview

Death Penalty Cases provides an unbiased collection of seminal death penalty cases in the United States. It offers full but carefully edited excerpts from 25 different US Supreme Court cases along with helpful introductory materials specially prepared by the editor. It also includes the latest statistical data on capital punishment and a useful sampling of death penalty statutes]. Together, this material is invaluable for a full understanding of this fascinating subject.Without taking sides on this controversial issue, the author illuminates the arguments and presents the cases that form the framework for US law on capital punishment. The keen selection of the material and the quality and extent of the commentary make this unique textbook a superb resource and an outstanding educational tool.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750675942
• ISBN13: 9780750675949
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Death Penalty Cases

Death Penalty Cases is a well written, concise, and unbiased overview of 19 United States Supreme Court cases chronicling the recent evolution of capitol punishment in the United States. Each chapter is devoted to a single case and begins by detailing the issues the Supreme Court addressed in that case as well as the rule of law that arose from the case. This method of presentation is appropriate for insuring that adult readers understand the legal basis of capitol punishment but are free to form their own opinions about the ethics and morality of this hotly debated subject.