| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 259 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge advances in criminology ; 2 |
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Routledge advances in criminology ; 2.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Death penalty as law and punishment -- Historical and legal development of the death penalty -- Contemporary substantive and procedural criminal law on the death penalty -- The application of the death penalty -- The process of death sentence and execution -- Reforms and the future prospects of the death penalty -- Appendix: Judicial judgment documents for a sample of capital cases |
| Summary |
By all accounts, China is the world leader in the number of legal executions. Its long historical use of capital punishment and its major political and economic changes over time are social facts that make China an ideal context for a case study of the death penalty in law and practice. This book examines the death penalty within the changing socio-political context of China. The authors' treatment of China's death penalty is legal, historical, and comparative. In particular, they examine;. the substantive and procedures laws surrounding capital punishment in different historical periods. the |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Capital punishment -- China
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Capital punishment -- China -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology.
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Capital punishment
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Todesstrafe
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China
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China
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Miethe, Terance D.
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| ISBN |
9780203941300 |
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0203941306 |
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9780415955690 |
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0415955696 |
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