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Capital Punishment: Strategies for Abolition Book

What are the critical factors that determine whether a country replaces, retains or restores the death penalty? Why do some countries maintain the death penalty in theory but in reality rarely invoke it? By asking these questions, the editors hope to isolate the core issues that influence the formulation of legislation so that they can be incorporated into strategies for advising governments considering changes to their policy on capital punishment. As well as the USA there are chapters on South Korea, Lithuania, Georgia, Japan and the British Caribbean Commonwealth.Read More

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    The editors of this study isolate the core issues influencing legislation so that they can be incorporated into strategies that advise governments in changing their policy on capital punishment. What are the critical factors determining whether a country replaces, retains or restores the death penalty? Why do some countries maintain the death penalty in theory, but in reality rarely invoke it? These questions and others are explored in chapters on South Korea, Lithuania, Georgia, Japan and the British Caribbean Commonwealth, as well as the U.S.

  • 0521115590
  • 9780521115599
  • 16 July 2009
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 392
  • 1
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