Bessler, John D
자료유형 | 단행본 |
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개인저자 | Bessler, John D, author. |
서명/저자사항 | The death penalty's denial of fundamental human rights:international law, state practice, and the emerging abolitionist norm :John Bessler, University of Baltimore. |
발행사항 | 2023. |
형태사항 | 1 online resource (xxx, 356 pages):digital, PDF file(s). |
총서사항 | ASIL studies in international legal theory. |
총서부출표목 | ASIL studies in international legal theory. |
기타형태 저록 | Print version, 9781108845571 |
ISBN | 9781108980159 (ebook) |
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내용주기 | The death penalty : from draconian legal codes to the enlightenment -- The abolitionist movement : state practice, international law, and global progress -- Death threats and the law of torture : the death penalty's inherently cruel and torturous characteristics -- Human dignity and the law's evolution : prohibiting capital punishment through a jus cogens norm -- Conclusion. |
요약 | The Death Penalty's Denial of Fundamental Human Rights details how capital punishment violates universal human rights-to life; to be free from torture and other forms of cruelty; to be treated in a non-arbitrary, non-discriminatory manner; and to dignity. In tracing the evolution of the world's understanding of torture, which now absolutely prohibits physical and psychological torture, the book argues that an immutable characteristic of capital punishment-already outlawed in many countries and American states-is that it makes use of death threats. Mock executions and other credible death threats, in fact, have long been treated as torturous acts. When crime victims are threatened with death and are helpless to prevent their deaths, for example, courts routinely find such threats inflict psychological torture. With simulated executions and non-lethal corporal punishments already prohibited as torturous acts, death sentences and real executions, the book contends, must be classified as torturous acts, too. |
일반주제명 | Capital punishment. Capital punishment -- United States. |
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