UID:
edocfu_9959234885602883
Format:
1 online resource (390p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-674-03687-5
Content:
Norman J. Finkel explores the relationship between the law on the books, as set down in the Constitution and developed in cases and decisions, and what he calls commonsense justice, the ordinary citizen's notions of what is just and fair.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Frontmatter --
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Acknowledgments --
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Contents --
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Introduction --
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1. In Search of Community Sentiment --
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2. Understanding Nullification --
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3. Revealing Jurors’ Sentiments --
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4. How Jurors Construct Reality --
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5. Objectivity versus Subjectivity in the Law --
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6. The Sacred Precinct of the Bedroom --
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7. The Right to Die --
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8. Cruel and Unusual Punishment --
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9. Murther Most Foul --
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10. Death Is Different --
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11. The Juvenile Death Penalty --
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12. On Self-Defense Justice --
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13. The Self-Defense Drama --
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14. The Maddening Changes in Insanity Law --
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15. How Jurors Construe Insanity --
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16. Murderous Passions, Mitigating Sentiments --
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17. The Path of Commonsense Justice --
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Notes --
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Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-674-14670-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-674-00556-2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/9780674036871
