8. The Eighth Amendment, Human Dignity, and the Death Penalty

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Human Dignity as the Basis of Rights 10
6. 2. Dignity, Worth, and Rights 29
7. 3. Constitutional Values and Human Dignity 47
8. 4. Constitutional Liberty, Dignity, and Reasonable Justification 73
9. 5. Dignity, Slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment 102
10. 6. Equality and the Bill of Rights 118
11. 7. Justice Brennan, “Human Dignity,” and Constitutional Interpretation 129
12. 8. The Eighth Amendment, Human Dignity, and the Death Penalty 145
13. 9. Speaking of Dignity 178
14. 10. The Right to Silence and Human Dignity 192
15. 11. Human Dignity and Constitutional Rights 210
16. 12. The Other Goldberg 229
17. Contributors 244
18. Index 247