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The death penalty as torture : from the dark ages to abolition / John D. Bessler

By: Publisher: Durham : Carolina Academic Press, 2017Description: xliii, 416 p. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9781611639261
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.66 BES
Contents:
• The Dark Ages; • The enlightenment; • The abolition movement; • The machinery of death; • The U.S. Supreme Court; • The Law and its evolution; • Lawful vs. unlawful sanctions; • The death penalty as torture; • A jus cogens norm.
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BOOKs . 364.66 BES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) HB Available 35977

• The Dark Ages;
• The enlightenment;
• The abolition movement;
• The machinery of death;
• The U.S. Supreme Court;
• The Law and its evolution;
• Lawful vs. unlawful sanctions;
• The death penalty as torture;
• A jus cogens norm.