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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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Boston, Mass.
Northeastern Univ. Press [u.a.]
c 2007
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In: | Year: 2007 |
Availability in Tübingen: | Present in Tübingen. UB: KB 20 A 2955 |
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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 |
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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: | 1555536824 9781555536824 |