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The death penalty and human rights / Sir Fred Phillips.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Phillips, Fred, Sir, 1918-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capital punishment--Caribbean, English-speaking.
- Capital punishment.
- Human rights--Caribbean, English-speaking.
- Human rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 107 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Kingston, Jamaica : Caribbean Law Pub. Co., 2009.
- Contents:
- The impact of international law on the death penalty
- A period of transition and consolidation
- Protection of the right to life and against cruel and inhuman treatment
- Mercy committees and clemency
- Interaction between international human rights bodies and advisory committees
- Pre-trial delays
- Post-conviction delays with special reference to Pratt and Morgan
- Prison conditions and the death penalty
- Mandatory death sentences
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-104) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9789768167699 (electronic bk.)
- 9768167696 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 99992172860
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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