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COMING SOON
Capital Punishment

A Documentary and Reference Guide
DAVID L. HUDSON JR.
This book showcases and explains key primary documents that reflect and have influenced
the history of capital punishment in the United States. By presenting and examining a wide
range of fascinating and momentous documents, including court decisions and transcripts,
legislation, personal accounts and perspectives, congressional testimony, and government
documents issued from all political perspectives, students will gain valuable insight into
Greenwood the evolution of public opinion and government policy on the death penalty in America. To
May 2023, 310pp, 8 1/2x11 better understand these documents, each primary source is prefaced with an introduction
Hardcover: 978-1-4408-7577-9 and followed by scholarly analysis. These documents and accompanying analysis
$111.00, £83.00, €96,00 complement one another, helping students gain a better and more accurate understanding
eBook: 978-1-4408-7578-6
of the viewpoints, convictions, and perspectives that have shaped American attitudes and
practices toward capital punishment since the United States' earliest days.
DAVID L. HUDSON JR. is an award-winning
professor at Belmont University College of FEATURES
Law, where he teaches constitutional law • Provides a detailed overview of the history of—and controversies about—capital
and First Amendment law.
punishment in the United States
• Offers a unique mix of government documentation, court cases, and political/social
advocacy perspectives
• Expert commentary supplies context for primary documents on capital punishment
• Readers Guide to Related Documents organizes all featured primary sources by theme
for researchers

COMING SOON
Today's Civil Rights and Liberties Issues

Democrats and Republicans

KARA E. STOOKSBURY
Both the Democratic and Republican parties claim that they have the best interests of the
nation and its people at heart, and they are equally adamant that they have the best policy
solutions to address the nation's problems and challenges. Each volume in the Across the
Aisle reference series examines the stated policy positions and actual voting/legislative
records of the two parties (they are not always the same) on important areas of public
policy, both historically and in the present day.
ABC-CLIO This volume of Across the Aisle, on the parties' records and rhetoric concerning the
June 2023, 335pp, 7x10 protection of American civil rights and liberties, sorts through the rhetorical clutter and
Hardcover: 978-1-4408-6834-4
$97.00, £72.00, €84,00 partisan distortions that typify so many disputes between Republicans and Democrats
eBook: 978-1-4408-6835-1 and provides an accurate, balanced, and evenhanded overview of the parties' attitudes
and records on vital civil rights and liberties questions pertaining to voting rights, political
KARA E. STOOKSBURY , PhD, is professor representation, abortion, guns, free speech, and other high-interest issues.
of political science and chair of the
Department of History, Political Science, FEATURES
and Sociology at Carson-Newman • Identifies key milestones and policy decisions that shape contemporary debates
University in Jefferson City, TN. over each issue
• Uses a nonpartisan, unbiased, and impartial lens to help readers understand not only
where parties stand on contested civil rights issues, but how these disagreements
reflect larger ideological and partisan views
• Informs readers about the ethical, historical, and legal context of each issue
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