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The Death Penalty, Third Edition, brings together all the legal issues related to the death penalty and provides case briefs for the most important United States Supreme Court death penalty cases. No other book available brings together a discussion of the major constitutional issues surrounding the death penalty with a broad array of associated case briefs. The authors classify cases according to legal issues and provide a commentary on the various sub-topics, presenting legal materials in an easily understood form. Though the primary audiences of the book are undergraduates in criminal justice programs and practitioners in the corrections and justice systems, the book will also prove useful to anyone who has an interest in the death penalty, the criminal justice system, or the United States Constitution. Every chapter starts with commentaries regarding general case law in a sub-topic, such as aggravating and mitigating factors, followed by a chart of the cases briefed in the chapter, and then the case briefs. These case briefs acquaint the reader with Supreme Court cases by summarizing facts, issues, reasons, and holdings. The Death Penalty, Third Edition , is a succinct, trusted guide to the law of capital punishment in the United States.

[This book] provides a ... look at real juvenile justice - the system, the process, and the law. [The] text is organized by the logical and chronological sequencing of the process, making it easier for students to understand and remember, and helping them differentiate the juvenile justice system from the adult criminal justice system.... The text includes ... narrative illustrations that provide students with a realistic picture of the juvenile justice system. [This book] introduces students to the various phases and complex nuances of juvenile law as they relate to the juvenile justice system, process, policy, and theory. -http://www.wadsworth.com.

This book focuses on all forms of corrections and correctional facilities outside of jails and prisons, from traditional incarceration programs to the most current programs such as electronic monitoring, house arrest, day-treatment, bootcamp and fines. A traditional and balanced approach, this new edition reflects a stronger emphasis on the legal matters related to alternative corrections.

Hinojosa's aggregate portrait of the Spanish southwest continues in Klail City y sus alrededores, published in English as Klail City. Like its predecessor, Klail City is composed of interwoven narratives, conversations, and anecdotes illustrating the town's collective life spanning fifty years. Winner of the 1976 Premio Casa de las Américas, the book was cited for its "richness of imagery, the sensitive creation of dialogues, the collage-like structure based on a pattern of converging individual destinies, the masterful control of the temporal element and its testimonial value, " according to Charles M. Tatum in World Literature Today. Introducing more than one hundred characters and developing further the portraits of Rafa and Jehú. Rolando Hinojosa is one of the most prolific and well-respected Hispanic novelists in the United States. Not only has he created memorable Mexican American and white characters, but he has completely populated a fictional county in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas through his continuing generational narrative that he calls the Klail City Death Trip Series.

Como afirma Safranski, Nietzsche quiere, en la medida de lo posible, hacer música con el lenguaje, los pensamientos y los conceptos. Esto nos permite advertir que el pensamiento de Nietzsche está marcado por la impronta de la música. Como es sabido, este pensador desde su niñez ha estado en estrecha relación con obras musicales de trascendencia y recibió una destacada formación musical. Esta educación asumió –sin lugar a duda– una clara presencia a lo largo de toda su vida y tal influencia musical se percibe en su producción filosófica. Nietzsche piensa como un músico y por ello, construye su obra –muchas veces– sobre la base de una formación no filosófica. Incluso, el propio filósofo en una correspondencia escribe: “Ahora, dentro de mí, ciencia, arte y filosofía crecen juntos de tal forma que alguna vez, ciertamente, pariré centauros”. Dichas palabras nos demuestran que él –previa concepción de la obra– tiene una neta actitud interdisciplinaria al realizar sus escritos. El presente texto se desarrolla a partir de estas premisas, perspectiva que resultará de interés para los especialistas ya que les ofrece una llave de ingreso diferente, y a la vez puede ser una excelente introducción para quienes se acercan con interés a este pensador por primera vez.