12. On Self-Defense Justice

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. In Search of Community Sentiment 7
6. 2. Understanding Nullification 23
7. 3. Revealing Jurors’ Sentiments 41
8. 4. How Jurors Construct Reality 63
9. 5. Objectivity versus Subjectivity in the Law 79
10. 6. The Sacred Precinct of the Bedroom 97
11. 7. The Right to Die 112
12. 8. Cruel and Unusual Punishment 132
13. 9. Murther Most Foul 154
14. 10. Death Is Different 172
15. 11. The Juvenile Death Penalty 196
16. 12. On Self-Defense Justice 223
17. 13. The Self-Defense Drama 240
18. 14. The Maddening Changes in Insanity Law 261
19. 15. How Jurors Construe Insanity 279
20. 16. Murderous Passions, Mitigating Sentiments 298
21. 17. The Path of Commonsense Justice 319
22. Notes 339
23. Index 383