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Eighth Amendment Interpretation

Eighth Amendment Interpretation is a subfield of United States constitutional interpretation that analyzes and construes the Cruel and Unusual Punishments, Excessive Fines, and Excessive Bail Clauses of the Eighth Amendment to determine their scope, meaning, and application to governmental practices of punishment and sanction.

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Freedom's law: the moral reading of the American Constitution

Choice Reviews Online · 1996 · 667 citations

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Freedom's law: The moral reading of the American Constitution

William Mulligan · Public Relations Review · 1997 · 330 citations

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Public Opinion and the Death Penalty

Neil Vidmar, Phoebe C. Ellsworth · Stanford Law Review · 1974 · 155 citations

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Public Opinion, the Death Penalty, and the Eighth Amendment: Testing the Marshall Hypothesis

Neil Vidmar, Austin Sarat · 1976 · 140 citations · Full text

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Constitutional Comparisons: Convergence, Resistance, Engagement

Vicki C. Jackson · Harvard Law Review · 2005 · 139 citations

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Authors

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  1. NV
    Neil Vidmar

    Western University, Canada

    2 publications · 295 citations

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  2. BA
    Beth A. Colgan

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    2 publications · 22 citations

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  3. RS
    Richard S. Frase

    University of Minnesota, United States

    2 publications · 55 citations

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  4. VC
    Vicki C. Jackson

    Georgetown University, United States

    2 publications · 158 citations

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  5. YL
    Youngjae Lee

    Fordham University, United States

    2 publications · 26 citations

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Institutions

21

  1. Fordham University

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    50 citations

  2. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    50 citations

  3. Indiana University

    Bloomington, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    180 citations

  4. Cardiff Royal Infirmary

    Cardiff, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  5. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    103 citations

  6. University of Notre Dame

    Notre Dame, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  7. Indiana University South Bend

    South Bend, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  8. University of Wales

    Cardiff, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    30 citations

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  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 4 publications · 61 citations

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  2. eYLS (Yale Law School)

    Repository · 4 publications · 93 citations

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 687 citations

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  4. Michigan Law Review

    2 publications · 62 citations

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  5. Harvard Law Review

    2 publications · 168 citations

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