Death Penalty''s Denial of Fundamental Human Rights - International Law, State Practice, and the Emerging Abolitionist Norm

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 cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment; to be treated in a non-arbitrary and non-discriminatory manner; and to be treated with dignity.

List of contents

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.

About the author

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

Summary

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 cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment; to be treated in a non-arbitrary and non-discriminatory manner; and to be treated with dignity.

Product details

• Authors: John Bessler, John (University of Baltimore) Bessler, Bessler John
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2022
• EAN: 9781108845571
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84557-1
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: ASIL Studies in International Legal Theory
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; LAW / Criminal Law / General, Criminal law & procedure, LAW / Criminal Procedure, LAW / International, LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing, International Law, Criminal procedure, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Criminal justice law, Criminal law: procedure and offences