Punitive Norms in History and Modernity: Europe, America and China -- Mercy and Violence in Chinese Legal History -- The Present System of Justice and Injustice: A Fit for Truth and Reconciliation? -- The Legal Uses of Death and the Norms of Legal Personnel -- The Power of Norms and the Fading Popular Support for Capital Punishment -- Status Hierarchies Revisited: Penal Elitism and Changing Popular Norms -- Cultural Core Values or Modern Norm Cascades? -- 7 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Index -- EULA