The Eighth Amendment and Its Future in a New Age of Punishment

A valuable resource by the leading experts in the field for students, academics, and lawyers interested in constitutional and criminal law and procedure, including the death penalty, life without parole, juvenile offenders, bail reform, excessive fines, constitutional theory, criminal law theory, and criminal justice reform.This book provides a theoretical and practical exploration of the constitutional bar against cruel and unusual punishments, excessive bail, and excessive fines. It explores the history of this prohibition, the current legal doctrine, and future applications of the Eighth Amendment. With contributions from the leading academics and experts on the Eighth Amendment and the wide range of punishments and criminal justice actors it touches, this volume addresses constitutional theory, legal history, federalism, constitutional values, the applicable legal doctrine, punishment theory, prison conditions, bail, fines, the death penalty, juvenile life without parole, execution methods, prosecutorial misconduct, race discrimination, and law & science.