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UNINA9910797841903321 |
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Titolo |
The death penalty in China : policy, practice, and reform / / Bin Liang and Hong Lu, editors ; Roger Hood, foreword |
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New York : , : Columbia University Press, , [2016] |
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©2016 |
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[Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Capital punishment - China |
Criminal justice, Administration of - China |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2016. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Hood, Roger -- Preface and acknowledgments -- 1. China's Death Penalty Practice: Working Progress, Struggle, and Challenges Within the Global Abolition Movement / Liang, Bin -- 2. The Criminal Justice System and the Death Penalty / Lu, Hong / Li, Yudu / Hu, Charlotte -- 3. Crimes of Counterrevolution and Politicized Use of the Death Penalty During the Mao Era / Zhang, Ning -- 4. China's Death Penalty in a State- Power- Based Society / Wang, Yunhai -- 5. From "Killing Many" to "Killing Fewer" / Trevaskes, Susan -- 6. The Abolitionist and Retentionist Debate / Yu, Zhigang / Hu, Charlotte -- 7. Guiding Cases for China's Death Penalty / Chen, Xingliang / Hu, Charlotte -- 8. The Death Penalty After the Restoration of Centralized Review / Xiong, Moulin -- 9. Public Opinion and the Death Penalty / Jiang, Shanhe -- 10. Between Deference and Defiance / Fu, Hualing -- 11. Chinese Capital Punishment in Comparative Perspective / Johnson, David T. / Miao, Michelle -- 12. China's Death Penalty in the Twenty- First Century / Liang, Bin / Lu, Hong -- List of contributors -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Featuring experts from Europe, Australia, Japan, China, and the United States, this comparative study follows changes in the theory and policy of China's death penalty from the Mao era (1949-1979) through the Deng era (1980-1997) and up to the present day. |
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