The U.S. Constitution's Eighth Amendment: Bail, Fines, and Punishments is an in-depth exploration of the Eighth Amendment's pivotal role in American jurisprudence.
The U.S. Constitution's Eighth Amendment: Bail, Fines, and Punishments is an in-depth exploration of the Eighth Amendment's pivotal role in American jurisprudence.
Charlie Eastaugh holds a First Class Honours degree (L.L.B) in English Law and a Ph.D. in U.S. Constitutional Law. His first book, Unconstitutional Solitude, focusing on the legality of long-term solitary confinement was published in 2016.
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Introduction Chapter 1. Framing and early history The Eighth Amendment's English and common law roots Punishments context The Eighth Amendment in the early United States The Eighth lands on the Supreme Court's docket Chapter 2. Interpretation and incorporation Constitutional history and the backdrop of incorporation The era of incorporation Interpreting the Eighth Amendment The beginning of a departure from evolutive decision-making? Chapter 3. Excessive Bail Incorporation of the Bail Clause Bail before the Court Chapter 4. Fines History of the Fines Clause 1980s and 1990s review Due process claims Incorporating the Fines Clause Chapter 5. The death penalty, from Furman to Gregg and beyond Furman reaches the Court The machinery of death, rebooted Gregg's legacy Chapter 6. Limits on capital categories: classes of offence Non-homicidal rape Felony murder Non-homicidal child rape Chapter 7. Limits on capital offenders Youth in capital sentencing Intellectually disabled offenders Chapter 8. Execution protocols Early death penalty methods The lethal injection 21st Century innovation Chapter 9. Equal application and racial bias Chapter 10. Non-capital proscriptions Life imprisonment and proportionality Revisiting proportionality Juveniles and non-capital proportionality Chapter 11. Confinement conditions and inmate rights Extending punishments adjudication to prison health and safety Confinement conditions at the turn of the century: caveating the limitations Mass incarceration on trial Unconstitutional solitude? Conclusion
Introduction Chapter 1. Framing and early history The Eighth Amendment's English and common law roots Punishments context The Eighth Amendment in the early United States The Eighth lands on the Supreme Court's docket Chapter 2. Interpretation and incorporation Constitutional history and the backdrop of incorporation The era of incorporation Interpreting the Eighth Amendment The beginning of a departure from evolutive decision-making? Chapter 3. Excessive Bail Incorporation of the Bail Clause Bail before the Court Chapter 4. Fines History of the Fines Clause 1980s and 1990s review Due process claims Incorporating the Fines Clause Chapter 5. The death penalty, from Furman to Gregg and beyond Furman reaches the Court The machinery of death, rebooted Gregg's legacy Chapter 6. Limits on capital categories: classes of offence Non-homicidal rape Felony murder Non-homicidal child rape Chapter 7. Limits on capital offenders Youth in capital sentencing Intellectually disabled offenders Chapter 8. Execution protocols Early death penalty methods The lethal injection 21st Century innovation Chapter 9. Equal application and racial bias Chapter 10. Non-capital proscriptions Life imprisonment and proportionality Revisiting proportionality Juveniles and non-capital proportionality Chapter 11. Confinement conditions and inmate rights Extending punishments adjudication to prison health and safety Confinement conditions at the turn of the century: caveating the limitations Mass incarceration on trial Unconstitutional solitude? Conclusion
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