The barbaric punishment : abolishing the death penalty

ISBN	904112151X (hbk.)
Call Number	HV8694 F822 2003
Author	Franck, Hans Goran, 1925-1997
Title	The barbaric punishment : abolishing the death penalty / Hans Goran Franck ; in cooperation with Klas Nyman ;revised and edited by William A. Schabas
Imprint	The Hague : Martinus Nijhoff, c2003.
Physical	xii, 163 p. ; 25 cm.
Series Name	Raoul Wallenberg Institute human rights library ;v. 12
Contents Note	Introduction / William A. Schabas --Public Opinion and its Role in Criminal Law Policy --International Political Initiatives --American Exceptionalism? --The Time is Ripe --The Crucial Battle --Arguments for and Against the Death Penalty --The Death Penalty and General Prevention --Deterrence in Wartime --Scientific Studies --Opinion Polls --Vengeance, Retaliation and Retribution --The Respect for Human Life --Similar to Torture --Execution in San Quentin --Methods of Execution --The Electric Chair --The Gas Chamber --Lethal Injections and Other Methods of Execution --The Death Row Phenomenon --Executing the Innocent --Capital Punishment More Expensive --Capital Punishment is Usually not Reintroduced.
Contents Note	1 aHistorical Uses of the Death Penalty --Retaliation and Vendettas --The Fate of Socrates --Theocratic Retaliation Theory --The Message of Love in the New Testament --Opposition to the Death Penalty --Cesare Beccaria-a Turning Point --Criminal Man --Venezuela-the First Abolitionist Country.
Contents Note	The Death Penalty in International Law --The United Nations --The United Nations Resolution on the Death Penalty --The Death Penalty on the United Nations' Agenda --The Ban on Reintroducing the Death Penalty --The United Nations Aims for Total Abolition --Peacetime Abolition of the Death Penalty --The Secretary-General's Report --International Criminal Tribunals Oppose the Death Penalty --The European Convention on Human Rights and the Council of Europe --Other Regional Arrangements --The Death Penalty in Humanitarian Law --Exemptions from the Use of the Death Penalty --Legal Precedents from the United States --Legal Precedents from South Africa.
Contents Note	Worldwide use of the Death Penalty --he Dealth Penalty in Sweden --The Death Penalty and Democracy.
Subject	Capital punishment--Moral and ethical aspects
Subject	Capital punishment--History
Coorperative Author	Nyman, Klas
Coorperative Author	Schabas, William A.

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020 ^a904112151X (hbk.)

050 00^aHV8694^bF822 2003

100 1 ^aFranck, Hans Goran, ^d1925-1997

245 14^aThe barbaric punishment :^babolishing the death penalty /^cHans Goran Franck ; in cooperation with Klas Nyman ;revised and edited by William A. Schabas

260 ^aThe Hague :^bMartinus Nijhoff, ^cc2003.

300 ^axii, 163 p. ;^c25 cm.

490 0 ^aRaoul Wallenberg Institute human rights library ;^vv. 12

504 ^aIncludes bibliographical references

505 1 ^aIntroduction /^rWilliam A. Schabas --^tPublic Opinion and its Role in Criminal Law Policy --^tInternational Political Initiatives --^tAmerican Exceptionalism? --^tThe Time is Ripe --^tThe Crucial Battle --^tArguments for and Against the Death Penalty --^tThe Death Penalty and General Prevention --^tDeterrence in Wartime --^tScientific Studies --^tOpinion Polls --^tVengeance, Retaliation and Retribution --^tThe Respect for Human Life --^tSimilar to Torture --^tExecution in San Quentin --^tMethods of Execution --^tThe Electric Chair --^tThe Gas Chamber --^tLethal Injections and Other Methods of Execution --^tThe Death Row Phenomenon --^tExecuting the Innocent --^tCapital Punishment More Expensive --^tCapital Punishment is Usually not Reintroduced. 1 aHistorical Uses of the Death Penalty --^tRetaliation and Vendettas --^tThe Fate of Socrates --^tTheocratic Retaliation Theory --^tThe Message of Love in the New Testament --^tOpposition to the Death Penalty --^tCesare Beccaria-a Turning Point --^tCriminal Man --^tVenezuela-the First Abolitionist Country. 1 ^aThe Death Penalty in International Law --^tThe United Nations --^tThe United Nations Resolution on the Death Penalty --^tThe Death Penalty on the United Nations' Agenda --^tThe Ban on Reintroducing the Death Penalty --^tThe United Nations Aims for Total Abolition --^tPeacetime Abolition of the Death Penalty --^tThe Secretary-General's Report --^tInternational Criminal Tribunals Oppose the Death Penalty --^tThe European Convention on Human Rights and the Council of Europe --^tOther Regional Arrangements --^tThe Death Penalty in Humanitarian Law --^tExemptions from the Use of the Death Penalty --^tLegal Precedents from the United States --^tLegal Precedents from South Africa. 1 ^aWorldwide use of the Death Penalty --^the Dealth Penalty in Sweden --^tThe Death Penalty and Democracy.

650 0^aCapital punishment^xMoral and ethical aspects 0^aCapital punishment^xHistory

700 1 ^aNyman, Klas 0 ^aSchabas, William A.

917 ^aKN :^c4,078

955 ^a1 copy

999 ^anopparat

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