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Capital punishment : strategies for abolition / Hodkinson, Peter (ed.) ; Schabas, William A., xiv, 374 p.. - Cambridge : Cambridge U. P., 2004.

ISBN 0-521-81590-8

LANGUAGE: ENG

ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. 1. Capital punishment: improve it or remove it, by Peter Hodgkinson. 2. International law and the death penalty: reflecting or promoting change, by William A. Schabas. 3. Doctors and the death penalty – ethics and a cruel punishment, by Robert Ferris and James Welsh. 4. Replacing the death penalty; the vexed issue of alternative sanctions, by Andrew Coyle. 5. Religion and the death penalty in the United States of America: past and present, by James J. Megivern. 6. On botched executions, by Marian J. Borg and Michael L. Radelet. 7. Death as a penalty in the Shari’ah, by M. Cherif Bassiouni. 8. Abolishing the death penalty in the United States of America: an analysis of institutional obstacles and future prospects , by Hugo Adam Bedau. 9. Capital punishment in the United States of America – moratorium efforts and other key developments, by Ronald J. Tabak. 10. The experiences of Lithuania’s journey to abolition, by Alexsandras Dobryninas. 11. The death penalty in South Korea and Japan: ‘Asian values’ and the debate about capital punishment, by Byung-Sun Cho. 12. Georgia – former republic of the USSR – managing abolition, by Eric Svanidze. 13. Capital punishment in the Commonwealth Caribbean – colonial inheritance, colonial remedy? , by Julian B. Knowles. 14. Public opinion and the death penalty, by William A. Schabas. 15. Capital punishment – meeting the needs of the families of the homicide victim and the condemned, by Peter Hodgkinson.

INDEX WORDS:
* dödsstraff = death penalty = kuolemanrangaistus
* religion = religion = uskonto
* katolicismen = Catholicism = katolilaisuus
* författning/grundlag = constitution = perustuslaki/valtiosääntö
* etik = ethics = etiikka
* europeiska domstolen för de mänskliga rättigheterna = European Court of Human Rights = Euroopan ihmisoikeustuomioistuin
* kvinnor = women = naiset
* utlämning = extradition = luovuttaminen
* folkmord = genocide = kansanmurha
* kommittén för de mänskliga rättigheterna = Human Rights Committee (UN) = ihmisoikeuskomitea
* avrättning av oskyldiga = extrajudicial executions = syyttömän teloitus
* ICRC = ICRC = ICRC
* interamerikanska domstolen för de mänskliga rättigheterna = Inter-American Court of Human Rights = inter-amerikkalainen ihmisoikeustuomioistuin
* ICJ = ICJ = ICJ
* internationella brottmålsdomstolen = international criminal court (ICC) = kansainvälinen rikostuomioistuin
* internationella tribunalen för krigsförbrytelser = international tribunal on war crimes (ICTY and ICTR) = kansainvälinen sotarikostuomioistuin
* islam = Islam = islaminusko
* Jehovas vittnen = Jehova's witnesses = Jehovan todistajat
* ungdomar = juveniles = nuoriso
* fackföreningar = trade unions = ammattiyhdistykset
* mentalsjuka = mentally ill = mielisairaat
* OAS = OAS = OAS
* politiska partier = political parties = poliittiset puolueet
* fängelseförhållanden = prison conditions = vankilaolosuhteet
* fångar = prisoners = vangit
* politiska fångar = political prisoners = poliittiset vangit
* rätt till liv = right to life = oikeus elämään
* peremptory norms = jus cogens = jus cogens
* rättsstatsprincip = rule of law = oikeusvaltioperiaate
* suveränitet = sovereignty = suvereniteetti
* terrorism = terrorism = terrorismi
* offer = victims = uhrit

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