Life Imprisonment - A Global Human Rights Analysis

Informationen zum Autor Dirk van Zyl Smit is Professor of Comparative and International Penal Law at the University of Nottingham. Catherine Appleton is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Law at the University of Nottingham. Klappentext Life imprisonment has replaced the death penalty as the most common sentence imposed for heinous crimes worldwide. Consequently, it has become the leading issue of international criminal justice reform. In the first survey of its kind, Dirk van Zyl Smit and Catherine Appleton argue for a human rights-based reappraisal of this harsh punishment. Zusammenfassung Life imprisonment has replaced the death penalty as the most common sentence imposed for heinous crimes worldwide. Consequently, it has become the leading issue of international criminal justice reform. In the first survey of its kind, Dirk van Zyl Smit and Catherine Appleton argue for a human rights–based reappraisal of this harsh punishment.

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• Authors: Catherine Appleton, Appleton Catherine, Dirk van Zyl Smit, Dirk Appleton Van Zyl Smit, Van Zyl Smit Dirk, Dirk van Zyl Smit
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.01.2019
• EAN: 9780674980662
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98066-2
• No. of pages: 464
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, LAW / International, LAW / Comparative, LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing, International Law, comparative law, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Penology and punishment, Penology & punishment, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Penology