Against the death penalty : the relentless dissents of Justices Brennan and Marshall

Date:

©1996.

Author:

Mello, Michael.

Collecting Area:

Rare Books

Publisher:

Northeastern University Press

ISBN:

1555532616

Abstract:

In this well-researched and copiously documented work, Michael Mello provides a comprehensive analysis of the legal, historical, and philosophical underpinnings of the Justices' relentless dissents against capital punishment. Mello begins with biographical sketches of Brennan and Marshall, examining how two men from divergent legal backgrounds came to share an unswerving stance against the death penalty. He then considers the historical, theoretical, and jurisprudential legitimacy of Supreme Court dissents in general, and sustained dissents in particular.

Physical Description:

xii, 331 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:

Special Collections' copy is part of the Michael Mello Papers. LOCAL

Subjects:

Capital punishment United States, Dissenting opinions United States, Capital punishment, Dissenting opinions, Doodstraf. gtt, Tegenstanders. gtt, Todesstrafe. swd, and Abweichende Meinung. swd

Names:

Brennan, William J., 1906-1997, Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993, Brennan, William J., 1906-1997, and Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993

Corporate Names:

USA Oberster Gerichtshof. swd

Geographic Terms:

United States