John Bessler

Death Penalty's Denial of Fundamental Human Rights (eBook, PDF)

International Law, State Practice, and the Emerging Abolitionist Norm

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book details how capital punishment violates universal human rights and traces the evolution of the world''s understanding of torture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108988889
• Artikelnr.: 70913465

Autorenporträt

John Bessler teaches at the University of Baltimore School of Law and the Georgetown University Law Center.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The death penalty: from draconian legal codes to the enlightenment
2. The abolitionist movement: state practice, international law, and global progress
3. Death threats and the law of torture: the death penalty's inherently cruel and torturous characteristics
4. Human dignity and the law's evolution: prohibiting capital punishment through a jus cogens norm
Conclusion.