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  • Revolutionary Prophecies

    The Founders and America's Future

    Collections series Jeffersonian America
    The America of the early republic was built on an experiment, a hopeful prophecy that would only be fulfilled if an enlightened people could find its way through its past and into a future. Americans recognized that its promises would only be fully redeemed at a future date. In Revolutionary Prophecies, renowned historians Robert M. S. McDonald and Peter S. Onuf summon a diverse cast of characters ... En savoir plus

    $53.99 CAD

  • Metamorphosis

    How to Transform Punishment in America

    In the past few years, the need for prison reform in America has reached the level of a consensus. We agree that many prison terms are too long, especially for nonviolent drug offenders; that long-term isolation is a bad idea; and that basic psychiatric and medical care in prisons is woefully inadequate. Some people believe that contracting out prison services to for-profit companies is a recipe ... En savoir plus

    $38.99 CAD

  • Inferno

    An Anatomy of American Punishment

    America’s criminal justice system is broken. The United States punishes at a higher per capita rate than any other country in the world. In the last twenty years, incarceration rates have risen 500 percent. Sentences are harsh, prisons are overcrowded, life inside is dangerous, and rehabilitation programs are ineffective. Police and prosecutors operate in the dark shadows of the legal process ... En savoir plus

    $35.19 CAD

  • Alone in America

    The Stories that Matter

    With more people living alone today than at any time in U.S. history, Ferguson investigates loneliness in American fiction, from its mythological beginnings in Rip Van Winkle to the postmodern terrors of 9/11. At issue is the dark side of a trumpeted American individualism. Ferguson shows that we can learn, from our literature, how to live alone. ... En savoir plus

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  • Butterfly Politics

    The minuscule motion of a butterfly’s wings can trigger a tornado half a world away, according to chaos theory. Under the right conditions, small simple actions can produce large complex effects. In this timely and provocative book, Catharine A. MacKinnon argues that the right seemingly minor interventions in the legal realm can have a butterfly effect that generates major social and cultural ... En savoir plus

    $21.99 CAD

  • Is Killing Wrong?

    A Study in Pure Sociology

    par Mark Cooney ...
    Collections series Studies in Pure Sociology
    "Thou shalt not kill" is arguably the most basic moral and legal principle in any society. Yet while some killers are pilloried and punished, others are absolved and acquitted, and still others are lauded and lionized. Why? The traditional answer is that how killers are treated depends on the nature of their killing, whether it was aggressive or defensive, intentional or accidental. But those ... En savoir plus

    $31.99 CAD

  • Secrets

    On the Ethics of Concealment and Revelation

    par Sissela Bok ...
    The author of Lying shows how the ethical issues raised by secrets and secrecy in our careers or private lives take us to the heart of the critical questions of private and public morality. ... En savoir plus

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  • The Structure of Liberty

    Justice and the Rule of Law

    In this book, legal scholar Randy Barnett elaborates and defends the fundamental premise of the Declaration of Independence: that all persons have a natural right to pursue happiness so long as they respect the equal rights of others, and that governments are only justly established to secure these rights. Drawing upon insights from philosophy, economics, political theory, and law, Barnett ... En savoir plus

    $23.19 CAD

  • N*gga Theory

    Race, Language, Unequal Justice, and the Law

    "A MUST-READ FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING AND DISMANTLING MASS INCARCERATION." —Chesa Boudin, District Attorney of San Francisco America's criminal justice system is among the deadliest and most racist in the world and it disproportionately targets Black Americans, who are also disproportionately poor, hungry, houseless, jobless, sick, and poorly educated. By every metric of misery, this ... En savoir plus

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  • Crime and Punishment

    A Concise Moral Critique

    par Hyman Gross ...
    It is generally assumed that we are justified in punishing criminals because they have committed a morally wrongful act. Determining when criminal liability should be imposed calls for a moral assessment of the conduct in question, with criminal liability tracking as closely as possible the contours of morality. Versions of this view are frequently argued for in philosophical accounts of crime and ... En savoir plus

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  • Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism

    The Hidden Costs of Being Black in America

    Collections Livre 32 - Critical America
    Tackling the ugly secret of unconscious racism in American society, this book provides specific solutions to counter this entrenched phenomenon. ... En savoir plus

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  • The Death Penalty

    For and Against

    Collections series Point/Counterpoint: Philosophers Debate Contemporary Issues
    Two distinguished social and political philosophers take opposing positions in this highly engaging work. Louis P. Pojman justifies the practice of execution by appealing to the principle of retribution: we deserve to be rewarded and punished according to the virtue or viciousness of our actions. He asserts that the death penalty does deter some potential murderers and that we risk the lives of ... En savoir plus

    $43.99 CAD