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Abolition : one man's battle against the death penalty / Robert Badinter ; translated by Jeremy Mercer ; foreword by Kenneth Roth.
Van Pelt Library HV8699.F8 B3313 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Badinter, Robert.
- Standardized Title:
- Abolition. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Capital punishment--France--History.
- Capital punishment.
- History.
- France.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 214 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- [English edition].
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Northeastern University Press ; Hanover : University Press of New England, [2008]
- Contents:
- From principles to action
- The Patrick Henry affair
- The Patrick Henry trial
- A moment of uncertainty
- The return of the guillotine
- Between morals and politics
- A harsh winter
- The skirting of the debate
- The Garceau trial
- The return of the death penalty
- The election of François Mitterrand
- The law.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781555536923
- 1555536921
- OCLC:
- 228300750
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