Death Penalty in a Nutshell (Nutshell Series) | 
| Author: Victor Streib
Publisher: West
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 438149
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Pages: 345
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 4.8 x 0.6
ISBN: 0314189823
Dewey Decimal Number: 347
EAN: 9780314189820
ASIN: 0314189823
Publication Date: October 6, 2008
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Product Description
Covering both the substantive law and the procedural law of the death penalty, this title begins with the arguments for and against the death penalty and an explanation of its basic constitutional challenges and limitations. Major sections cover capital crimes and defenses, as well as trial level and post-trial procedural issues. Special topics such as race and gender bias and executing the innocent are included, as well as a section on international and foreign law issues. Current as of July 2008, this Nutshell serves both as supplemental reading for students in death penalty courses and as a concise, narrative explanation of death penalty law.
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 Worthless January 3, 2005
Linus Van Pelt (Atlanta)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Not only is this the worst Nutshell I've ever read, this is the worst publication of any kind that I've ever read. I was stunned to find, almost immediately, grammatical and even proofreading errors on nearly every page of this guide that would have been obvious to a 5th grader. This is not just another exaggeration from an obsessive-compulsive law student: there tons of "sentences" in this book that didn't even have VERBS. It's disgusting that a book with so many glaring errors was written by a law professor and published by a West subsidiary.
Besides the unforgiveable and outrageous grammatical and proofreading errors that managed to escape whatever "editing" this book may have ever had, this Nutshell does little to nothing to shed any light on American Capital Punishment law. Granted, the topic is overwhelmingly broad, as every state basically is left to set its own standards once the federal guarantees are met, but even so, this guide essentially told me nothing.
The author is unabashedly anti-death penalty, which is fine, but as a practioner of law, there is no excuse for his inability or unwillingess to present the law with at least a semblance of objectivity. There should be no room in this kind of study guide for shameless positioning of his platform and sarcastic and oversimplified jabs on pro-death penalty conservatives.
Incidentally, I'm a raging liberal categorically opposed to capital punishment, so you know this book's slant has got to be especially egregious.
 An excellent survey of a thorny topic August 21, 2006
J. Laforet (New Britain, PA)
Victor Streib does a superb job of laying forth the complexities and subtleties of capital punishment in easy-to-understand terms. This book is a must have for any law student wading through a capital punishment course (I can personally attest to that), and I imagine a good resource for the veteran attorney who needs to re-soak the mental sponge with a fresh review on the subject.
Easy to read.
Comprehensive but accessible information.
Highly recommended!
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