Against the death penalty : international initiatives and implications / / edited by Jon Yorke

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (335 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 364.66
• Soggetto topico: Capital punishment; Life imprisonment
• Altri autori: YorkeJon
• Note generali: First published 2008 by Ashgate Publishing.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. I. Regional conspectus and analysis -- pt. II. Perspectives and questions for retentionist countries -- pt. III. Overview of abolition strategies and alternatives to the death penalty.
• Sommario/riassunto: This edited volume brings together leading scholars on the death penalty within international, regional and municipal law. It considers the intrinsic elements of both the promotion and demise of the punishment around the world, and provides analysis which contributes to the evolving abolitionist discourse. The contributors consider the current developments within the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the African Commission and the Commonwealth Caribbean, and engage with the emergence of regional norms promoting collective restriction and renunciation of the punishment. They investigate perspectives and questions for retentionist countries, focusing on the United States, China, Korea and Taiwan, and reveal the iniquities of contemporary capital judicial systems. Emphasis is placed on the issues of transparency of municipal jurisdictions, the jurisprudence on the 'death row phenomenon' and the changing nature of public opinion. The volume surveys and critiques the arguments used to scrutinize the death penalty to then offer a detailed analysis of possible replacement sanctions.
• Titolo autorizzato: Against the death penalty
• ISBN: 1-351-96028-8; 1-138-26004-5; 1-315-26318-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154577703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II