: Dirk van Zyl Smit, Catherine Appleton
: Life Imprisonment and Human Rights
: Bloomsbury Publishing
: 9781509902224
: 1
: CHF 110.80
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: Sonstiges
: English
: 544
: DRM
: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
: PDF
In many jurisdictions today, life imprisonment is the most severe penalty that can be imposed. Despite this, it is a relatively under-researched form of punishment and no meaningful attempt has been made to understand its full human rights implications. This important collection fills that gap by addressing these two key questions: what is life imprisonment and what human rights are relevant to it? These questions are explored from the perspective of a range of jurisdictions, in essays that draw on both empirical and doctrinal research. Under the editorship of two leading scholars in the field, this innovative and important work will be a landmark publication in the field of penal studies and human rights.