Cases and Materials on the Death Penalty, 3d
, by Rivkind, NinaNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780314199560 | 031419956X
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 10/8/2009
This casebook comprehensively covers Supreme Court death penalty jurisprudence. Part I contains background information about the death penalty and the Court?s seminal cases. Part II addresses constitutional challenges to various aspects of death penalty schemes. Part III considers the litigation of a capital case by examining the Court's constitutional decisions regarding the process as a whole and the penalty phase, in particular. Part IV concerns issues arising after the death judgment, including review of the death judgment and the execution itself. Part V reconsiders the death penalty from the perspective of international law and recent critiques and proposals for reform.