Questioning Capital Punishment: Law, Policy, and Practice 0415639441, 9780415639446

The death penalty has inspired controversy for centuries. Raising questions regarding capital punishment rather than ans

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Questioning Capital Punishment: Law, Policy, and Practice
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Chandler has thoroughly researched the Canadian context of the recurring and often emotional discussion of capital punis

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Key developments have taken place, both nationally and internationally, relating to child rights. A marked change in tra

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State pensions are the largest item in the UK social security budget, costing £93.8 billion in 2017/18. In 2018, 45.6 mi

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Many corporate tax systems lack structure. Focusing on structural defects and how they are addressed in practice, this c

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The role of punishment in private law is controversial, and the dominance of the compensatory paradigm has tended to def

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Anglo-Saxon authorities often punished lawbreakers with harsh corporal penalties, such as execution, mutilation and impr

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Unique among Western democracies in refusing to eradicate the death penalty, the United States has attempted instead to

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This open access book provides a comparative perspective on capital punishment in Japan and the United States. Alongside

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