From Noose to Needle : Capital Punishment and the Late Liberal State.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (262 pages)
- Law, Meaning, and Violence Series .
- Law, Meaning, and Violence Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What Is a Death Sentence? -- 3. John Locke's Noose -- 4. The Metaphysics of the Hangman -- 5. Silencing the Voice of Pain -- 6. Womanhood Unsexed on the Gallows -- 7. Needling the Sovereign -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Discusses the dilemmas of the relationship between the liberal state and capital punishment.