Eighth Amendment Litigation is a subfield of United States constitutional litigation that comprises judicial proceedings challenging governmental practices in criminal punishment, conditions of confinement, and related sanctions as violating the Eighth Amendment’s prohibitions on cruel and unusual punishments, excessive bail, and excessive fines.
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Public Opinion and the Death Penalty
Neil Vidmar, Phoebe C. Ellsworth · Stanford Law Review · 1974 · 155 citations
Constitutional Comparisons: Convergence, Resistance, Engagement
Vicki C. Jackson · Harvard Law Review · 2005 · 139 citations
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
Charles D. Kelso, R. Randall Kelso · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2008 · 137 citations · Full text
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University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, United States
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2 publications
220 citations
Fordham University
New York, United States
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2 publications
61 citations
Indiana University South Bend
South Bend, United States
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1 publications
15 citations
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
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1 publications
43 citations
College of Law
Riga, Latvia
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1 publications
19 citations
South Texas College of Law
Houston, United States
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1 publications
137 citations
University of Miami
Coral Gables, United States
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11 citations
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, United States
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- SSRN Electronic Journal
Repository · 6 publications · 239 citations
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- Harvard Law Review
3 publications · 196 citations
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- eYLS (Yale Law School)
Repository · 3 publications · 82 citations
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- Stanford Law Review
2 publications · 212 citations
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- Michigan Law Review
2 publications · 62 citations
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