The bitter fruit of American justice: international and domestic resistance to the death penalty

Human rights and the erosion of absolute sovereignty -- Extradition : holding the United States to a higher human rights standard -- Honoring treaty commitments : the Vienna Convention on consular relations -- Death penalty myths : science confronts conventional wisdom -- Attitudes toward capital p...

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Authors: Clarke, Alan W. (Author) ; Whitt, Laurelyn (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, Mass. Northeastern Univ. Press [u.a.] c 2007
In:Year: 2007
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 2955
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Keywords:
Capital Punishment > United States
Extradition > United States
Human Rights > United States
Justice, Administration of > United States
USA > Todesstrafe > Abschaffung
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Summary:Human rights and the erosion of absolute sovereignty -- Extradition : holding the United States to a higher human rights standard -- Honoring treaty commitments : the Vienna Convention on consular relations -- Death penalty myths : science confronts conventional wisdom -- Attitudes toward capital punishment : do facts matter? -- Executing the innocent -- The moral potency of the innocence argument -- The imperfectability of the system
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:X, 242 S
ISBN:1-55553-682-4
978-1-55553-682-4