Life imprisonment: a global human rights analysis
Auteur :
Van Zyl Smit, Dirk / Appleton, Catherine
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674980662
Date de publication :
14 janv. 2019
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 x 3,7 cm
Poids :
780 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Life imprisonment has replaced the death penalty as the most common sentence imposed for heinous crimes worldwide. Consequently, it has become the leading issue of international criminal justice reform. In the first survey of its kind, Dirk van Zyl Smit and Catherine Appleton argue for a human rights–based reappraisal of this harsh punishment.