The next frontier : national development, political change, and the death penalty in Asia /

The authors review the prospects for abolition of the death penalty throughout Asia in a series of authoritative case studies and investigate the continuities and limits between European abolition and attendant human rights perspectives and the culture, government, and policy of Asian nations.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, David T. (David Ted), 1960-
Other Authors: Zimring, Franklin E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Series:Studies in crime and public policy.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:The authors review the prospects for abolition of the death penalty throughout Asia in a series of authoritative case studies and investigate the continuities and limits between European abolition and attendant human rights perspectives and the culture, government, and policy of Asian nations.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 522 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-504) and index.
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