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Auteur(s) : Friedland, Paul (1962-....)
Titre(s) : Seeing justice done [Texte imprimé] : the age of spectacular capital punishment in France / Paul Friedland
Publication : Oxford : Oxford university press, cop. 2012
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X-334 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Comprend : Introduction: reading and writing a history of punishment ; I. The roots of modern
punishment in pre-modern Europe ; The fall and rise of Rome: compensation, atonement,
and deterrence in the early middle ages ; Criminal intent and spectacular punishment:
the infiltration of roman legal theory and practice into French customary law ; II.
Executioners and the ritual of execution ; Extraordinary beings: the life and work
of executioners ; The execution of justice: the ritual of punishment in medieval
and early modern France ; III. Spectators and spectacle ; From ritual to spectacle:
the rise of the penal voyeur in early modern France ; Executions, spectator emotions,
and the naturalization of sympathy ; A spectacular crisis: watching executions in
the age of Sensibilité ; IV. A death penalty for the modern age ; Theorizing a new
death penalty: penal reform on the eve of the revolution ; Legislating the new death
penalty: the simple deprivation of life ; Executing the new death penalty: the invisible
spectacle of the guillotine ; Epilogue: the play over, the actors (slowly) leave
the stage ; Conclusion: punishment past and present.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
Sujet(s) : Peine de mort -- France -- Histoire
Exécutions capitales et exécuteurs -- France -- Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780199592692 (hardback). - ISBN 0199592691 (hardback)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb426794951
Notice n° :
FRBNF42679495
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