Frontispiece from Cesare Beccaria's treatise Dei delitti e delle pene, 1765. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The death penalty : from draconian legal codes to the enlightenment -- The abolitionist movement : state practice, international law, and global progress -- Death threats and the law of torture : the death penalty's inherently cruel and torturous characteristics -- Human dignity and the law's evolution : prohibiting capital punishment through a jus cogens norm.
Summary:
"The Death Penalty's Denial of Fundamental Human Rights details how capital punishment violates universal human rights-to life; to be free from torture and other cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment or punishment; to be treated in a non-arbitrary and non-discriminatory manner; to be treated with dignity"-- Provided by publisher.
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