The 4th edition of this authoritative study of the death penalty, now written jointly with Carolyn Hoyle, brings up-to-date developments in the movement to abolish the death penalty worldwide. It draws on Roger Hood's experience as consultant to the United Nations for the UN Secretary General's five-yearly surveys of capital punishment and on the latest information from non-gov...(展开全部)

Book Description This is the completely revised and updated third edition of Roger Hood's classic study on the death penalty. In it he surveys and analyses the status of the death penalty as a punishment worldwide, taking into account the changes that have taken place during the six years since the last edition was published. This new edition is especially valuable at a time wh...(展开全部)

The fifth edition of this highly praised study charts and explains the progress that continues to be made towards the goal of worldwide abolition of the death penalty. The majority of nations have now abolished the death penalty and the number of executions has dropped in almost all countries where abolition has not yet taken place. Emphasizing the impact of international human...(展开全部)

欧内斯特·范·登·哈格，博士，福德汉姆大学的约翰·M·奥林法学与公共政策研究中心教授(1983年写作本书时)，遗产基金会方面的著名学者。曾任教于纽约大学、纽约法学院、瓦瑟学院和新社会调查学院等。著有The Jewish Mystique Punishing Criminals他还参撰了40多部著作的部分章节，写了无数的文章，散见于《纽约时报》、《哈伯杂志》(Harper’s)、《大西洋月刊》、《财富》和《国家评论》等，以及许多法律杂志和学术类出版物。

欧内斯特·范·登·哈格，博士，福德汉姆大学的约翰·M·奥林法学与公共政策研究中心教授(1983年写作本书时)，遗产基金会方面的著名学者。曾任教于纽约大学、纽约法学院、瓦瑟学院和新社会调查学院等。著有The Jewish Mystique Punishing Criminals他还参撰了40多部著作的部分章节，写了无数的文章，散见于《纽约时报》、《哈伯杂志》(Harper’s)、《大西洋月刊》、《财富》和《国家评论》等，以及许多法律杂志和学术类出版物。

Through examination of the death penalty in literature, Aaron Aquilina contests Heidegger’s concept of ‘being-towards-death’ and proposes a new understanding of the political and philosophical subject. Dickens, Nabokov, Hugo, Sophocles and many others explore capital punishment in their works, from Antigone to Invitation to a Beheading. Using these varied case studies, Aquilina...(展开全部)

Through examination of the death penalty in literature, Aaron Aquilina contests Heidegger’s concept of ‘being-towards-death’ and proposes a new understanding of the political and philosophical subject. Dickens, Nabokov, Hugo, Sophocles and many others explore capital punishment in their works, from Antigone to Invitation to a Beheading. Using these varied case studies, Aquilina...(展开全部)

In this newest installment in Chicago's series of Jacques Derrida's seminars, the renowned philosopher attempts one of his most ambitious goals: the first truly philosophical argument against the death penalty. While much has been written against the death penalty, Derrida contends that Western philosophy is massively, if not always obviously, complicit with a logic in which a ...(展开全部)

Part legal drama, part political procedural, Abolition is above all a passionate argument against the death penalty and the rare story of politicians' willingness to fight for their principles, even against the popular will. Horrified by the guillotine execution of one of his clients in 1972, Robert Badinter dedicated his life to the abolition of the death penalty. Here, he rec...(展开全部)

In this newest installment in Chicago's series of Jacques Derrida's seminars, the renowned philosopher attempts one of his most ambitious goals: the first truly philosophical argument against the death penalty. While much has been written against the death penalty, Derrida contends that Western philosophy is massively, if not always obviously, complicit with a logic in which a ...(展开全部)