Asia and the future of capital punishment -- Varieties of capital punishment in contemporary Asia -- Development without abolition : Japan in the 21st century -- A lesson learned? The Philippines -- The vanguard : change in South Korea -- The other China : Taiwan -- The political origins of China's death penalty exceptionalism -- Lessons -- The pace of change
Summary
The authors review the prospects for abolition of the death penalty throughout Asia in a series of authoritative case studies and investigate the continuities and limits between European abolition and attendant human rights perspectives and the culture, government, and policy of Asian nations
