LEADER 04211nam 22006732 450 001 9910783601003321 005 20230607215451.0 010 $a1-280-46808-4 010 $a9786610468089 010 $a1-4175-5151-8 010 $a90-474-0309-6 024 7 $a10.1163/9789047403098 035 $a(CKB)1000000000033150 035 $a(EBL)253564 035 $a(OCoLC)191039411 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000255224 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11220894 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000255224 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10212828 035 $a(PQKB)11702449 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC253564 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL253564 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10090592 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL46808 035 $a(OCoLC)935229283 035 $a(OCoLC)56930292 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789047403098 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000033150 100 $a20200716d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTaking Life Imprisonment Seriously $eIn National and International Law /$fKenneth G. Zysk 210 1$aLeiden; $aBoston :$cBrill | Nijhoff,$d2002. 215 $a1 online resource (253 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-411-1772-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgements. -- 1. Studying Life Imprisonment. -- 2. The United States of America. -- 3. England and Wales. -- 4. Germany. -- 5. International Criminal Justice. -- 6. Taking Life Imprisonment Seriously. -- Bibliography. -- List of Tables. -- Index. 330 $aLife imprisonment is a complex and drastic penal sanction. It gives the State the power to curtail the liberty of offenders for the rest of their lives. In many jurisdictions life imprisonment is the ultimate sanction for the most serious crimes. It is frequently touted as an alternative to the death penalty. At the same time, life imprisonment is often imposed as a preventive measure, where the offence alone does not justify using the ultimate sanction in the penal arsenal. The complexity of life imprisonment is frequently overlooked. Often it is assumed that it is not as drastic as it sounds, as it will not be enforced for the whole life of the offender. There may also be a reluctance to subject life imprisonment to close scrutiny, lest its perceived suitability as an alternative to the death penalty be undermined. This book tackles the complexity of life imprisonment head on by describing how various forms of it are imposed and implemented in the United States of America, in England and Wales and in Germany, as well as in the emerging international system of criminal justice. From this basis it examines the justifications advanced for life imprisonment and the modifications that have resulted in individual jurisdictions in response to criticisms of its imposition and implementation. At the same time, the book develops a more general critique of life imprisonment. It evaluates it against constitutional human rights standards that have been developed in many jurisdictions to judge the acceptability of punishment generally. It concludes that some current practices in both the imposition and implementation of life imprisonment clearly are fundamentally unacceptable, but that questions remain, even about carefully implemented life sentences imposed for the most serious crimes. The jurisprudential analysis provides the basis for a major re-evaluation of life imprisonment and raises doubts about the unquestioning acceptance of this ultimate penalty. 517 3 $aIn National and International Law 606 $aComparison of law 606 $aInternational criminal law 606 $aLife imprisonment 606 $aPenitentiary law 615 0$aComparison of law. 615 0$aInternational criminal law. 615 0$aLife imprisonment. 615 0$aPenitentiary law. 676 $a345/.0772 700 $aZysk$b Kenneth G.$0330434 801 0$bNL-LeKB 801 1$bNL-LeKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783601003321 996 $aTaking Life Imprisonment Seriously$93781316 997 $aUNINA