Table of contents;
Foreword;
1. Introduction, Lill Scherdin.
2. Part I Governance and the Death Penalty:
3. The death penalty: a hazard to a sustainable development of criminal justice?, Lill Scherdin;
4. 2. Death as punishment, Nils Christie;
5. 3. Why the death penalty is disappearing, David Garland.
6. Part II The USA: The American enlightenment: eliminating capital punishment in the United States, John D. Bessler;
7. 4. Clear and ever-present dangers? Redefining 'closure' in a post 9-11 world, Jody Lynee Madeira.
8. Part III Asia: Why does Japan retain the death penalty? Nine hypotheses, David T. Johnson;
9. 5. Death penalty moratorium in South Korea: norms, institutions and leadership, Sangmin Bae;
10. 6. Why Taiwan's de facto moratorium was established and lost, Fort Fu-Te Liao;
11. 7. The norms of death: on attitudes to capital punishment in China, Borge Bakken;
12. 8. A knotty tale: understanding the death penalty in India, Bikramjeet Batra
13. . Part IV Countries with Majority Muslim Populations:
14. Islamic visions for the abolition of the death penalty, Mohammad Habash;
15. 9. An overview of the ongoing debate on the death penalty in Morocco, Mohammad Ayatt.
16. Part V Reflection and Outlook: Criminal justice, sustainability and the death penalty, Vidar Halvorsen;
17. 10. Staying optimistic, Roger Hood. Index.