Confronting Capital Punishment in Asia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Confronting Capital Punishment in Asia write by Roger Hood. This book was released on 2013-11. Confronting Capital Punishment in Asia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume explores the continued use of capital punishment in Asia and the reasons behind its retention. Various contributions offer insights into the politics, practice and public opinion of Asian capital punishment
Capital Punishment in East Asia
Capital Punishment in East Asia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Capital Punishment in East Asia write by 富谷至. This book was released on 2012-02. Capital Punishment in East Asia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The international collaborative project provides comprehensive account onto death penalty from the ancient era till today in three parts: 'Crime and Punishment', 'Society and Capital Punishment', and 'From a Standpoint Outside Chinese Culture'. Based on a variety of disciplines from legal philosophy, legal sociology and law history, authors explore the cases of Japan, China, India, Nepal, Netherlands, Sweden and Britain for scholarly and empirical discussion on legal consciousness on crime and punishment in comparative historical perspectives, and make a deep contribution to our contemporary affairs"--Provided by publisher.
The Next Frontier
The Next Frontier - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Next Frontier write by David T Johnson. This book was released on 2009-02-02. The Next Frontier available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Today, two-thirds of the world's nations have abolished the death penalty, either officially or in practice, due mainly to the campaign to end state executions led by Western European nations. Will this success spread to Asia, where over 95 percent of executions now occur? Do Asian values and traditions support capital punishment, or will development and democratization end executions in the world's most rapidly developing region? David T. Johnson, an expert on law and society in Asia, and Franklin E. Zimring, a senior authority on capital punishment, combine detailed case studies of the death penalty in Asian nations with cross-national comparisons to identify the critical factors for the future of Asian death penalty policy. The clear trend is away from reliance on state execution and many nations with death penalties in their criminal codes rarely use it. Only the hard-line authoritarian regimes of China, Vietnam, Singapore, and North Korea execute with any frequency, and when authoritarian states experience democratic reforms, the rate of executions drops sharply, as in Taiwan and South Korea. Debunking the myth of "Asian values," Johnson and Zimring demonstrate that politics, rather than culture or tradition, is the major obstacle to the end of executions. Carefully researched and full of valuable lessons, The Next Frontier is the authoritative resource on the death penalty in Asia for scholars, policymakers, and advocates around the world.
Unpacking the Death Penalty in ASEAN
Unpacking the Death Penalty in ASEAN - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Unpacking the Death Penalty in ASEAN write by Sriprapha Petcharamesree. This book was released on 2023-03-20. Unpacking the Death Penalty in ASEAN available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book contributes conceptually, theoretically and morally to a deeper understanding of the distinctive Asian perceptions of punishment, justice and human rights. Researched and prepared by scholars who have not only been conducting studies on the death penalty in the region but have also been advocating for legal reforms, this edited book touches upon the different justifications for the use of capital punishment in the ASEAN region, exposing the secrecy, sensitivities and dilemmas that mask violations of international human rights laws. The chapters bring in numerous new perspectives which have been overlooked in the traditional discourse surrounding the use of the death penalty, such as that around crimes that do not meet the threshold of “most serious”; the dignity of death row inmates and their families; contradictions within religion and capital punishment; and the way in which growing authoritarianism and the media are adversely influencing the public’s perception and support for capital punishment in the region. In examining how public opinion shapes state policies towards the death penalty and how it varies according to different offences and different states, the authors critically analyse how the international human rights mechanisms have specifically called for ASEAN member states to refrain from extending the application of the death penalty and to limit it to the “most serious crimes.” Relevant to socio-legal scholars focused on crime and punishment in Southeast Asia, and in the Global South more broadly, this is a landmark collection in criminology and human rights scholarship. Chapter "ASEAN and the Death Penalty: Theoretical and Legal Views and a Pathway to Abolition" is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
The Culture of Capital Punishment in Japan
The Culture of Capital Punishment in Japan - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Culture of Capital Punishment in Japan write by David T. Johnson. This book was released on 2019-11-18. The Culture of Capital Punishment in Japan available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This open access book provides a comparative perspective on capital punishment in Japan and the United States. Alongside the US, Japan is one of only a few developed democracies in the world which retains capital punishment and continues to carry out executions on a regular basis. There are some similarities between the two systems of capital punishment but there are also many striking differences. These include differences in capital jurisprudence, execution method, the nature and extent of secrecy surrounding death penalty deliberations and executions, institutional capacities to prevent and discover wrongful convictions, orientations to lay participation and to victim participation, and orientations to “democracy” and governance. Johnson also explores several fundamental issues about the ultimate criminal penalty, such as the proper role of citizen preferences in governing a system of punishment and the relevance of the feelings of victims and survivors.
