Resumen del libro

Death penalty: A cruel and inhuman punishment is an academic contribution by Academics for abolition aimed at fosteting the debate launched by the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution 62/ 149 on 18 December 2007, calling for a worldwide moratorium 00 execuaons by 2015, and continued by the upcoming review process of the UN´s MiIlennium Development Goals (MDG). It is mainly a compilation of papers written by the speakers at the Seminar "Against cruel and inhuman punishment and death penal!)?´, which took place at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, in Madrid, on 9 June 2013, on the eve of the 5th World Congress against the death penalty. The book deals with current issues of the process toVards abolition as the lack of evidence about the deterrence effect of death penalty and its consideratioo as a cruel and inhuman punishment. Together with the editors, the contribution ineludes studies, among others, of H.J. Albrecht, Gabrio Forti, Roger Hood, Salim Himnat and Sergio Garda Ramirez. The Academic International Network against the Death Penalty (REPECAP) dedica tes this book to the International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP) chaired by Federico Mayor Zaragoza.

The Abolition of the Death Penalty: A Question of Respect for Human Rights.

Introductory Review of the Current situation as Regards Progress Towards.

Hard-core Executioners.

The Death Penalty, Deterrence and Policy Making.

Abolition of Death Penalty for Drug Crimes.

Public Opinion and Punishmente in Japan.

Towards the Complete Abolition of Capital Punishment in Morocco: Possibilities and Constraints.

Concerning the Death Penalty Abolition: a Long Road.

Human Cruelty in Literature.

Francisco de Goya: Against the Cruelty of the Penal System and the Death Penalty. 

Citación Chicago
Arroyo Zapatero, Luis, Muñoz de Morales, Marta (coord.), Schabas, William, Takayama, Kanako Death Penalty. A Cruel and Inhuman Punishment. Valencia: Tirant Lo Blanch, 2014

Citación APA
Arroyo Zapatero, Luis, Muñoz de Morales, Marta (coord.), Schabas, William, Takayama, Kanako (2014). Death Penalty. A Cruel and Inhuman Punishment. Tirant Lo Blanch