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

ISBN-13: 9781108845571 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 400 str.

John (University of Baltimore) Bessler

Opis

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

Spis treści

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.