Ethical exception: Capital punishment in the figure of sovereignty

States of Violence: War, Capital Punishment, and Letting Die

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 270-296

  Thurschwell, Adam ^a  

^a Civilian Attorney Military Commissions Defense Office Department of Defense   (United States)

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EID: 84867793727     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511581069.011     Document Type: Chapter

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