Contradictions of american capital punishment, the
Auteur :
Zimring, Franklin E.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780195152364
Date de publication :
17 avr. 2003
Dimensions :
24,6 x 16,1 x 2,4 cm
Poids :
517 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Since the mid-1980s, almost every Western country has moved to abolish the death penalty. The United States is the exception. This thesis argues that a tradition of popular justice conflicts with the legal tradition of due process.