The Death Penalty in the 21st Century
A special issue of Laws (ISSN 2075-471X). This special issue belongs to the section "Criminal Justice Issues".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2013) | Viewed by 89230
Special Issue Editor
Interests: capital punishment; public perceptions of crime, criminality and criminal justice; ethics and professionalism in criminal justice
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Laws, “The Death Penalty in the 21st Century” focuses on the most severe sanction available in modern societies, the penalty of death. This issue will include writings focusing on the death penalty from an international human rights perspective. Much has been written about particular legal, constitutional, and public policy issues associated with the death penalty from both national and local legal perspectives. Little scholarship has focused on what is the most severe legal sanction available in modern societies, the death penalty, from a broad human rights perspective. Authors working on articles focusing on human rights concerns relevant to the death penalty are encouraged to contribute to this issue. Works focusing on human rights at the most local as well as most general levels are invited. Case studies, multi-national cross-sectional analysis of data relevant to the death penalty, and legal case briefs focusing on human rights associated with the death penalty are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Dennis R. Longmire
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- death penalty
- capital punishment
- human rights
- morality
- international perspectives
- ethics
- law