Sentencing and human rights : the limits on punishment / Sarah J. Summers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Summers, Sarah J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Sentences (Criminal procedure).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press 2022

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sentencing and Human Rights develops a systematic account of the importance of human rights principles at sentencing stage. It examines how principles of legality, proportionality, equality, and judicial responsibility may be expected to limit sentencing practices and suggests that the concept of state punishment needs to be reconsidered.

Contents:

Table of Cases before the European Court and the European Commission of Human Rights Table of Cases before the National Courts 1. Sentencing and Human Rights 2. Legality and the Sentence 3. Proportionality 4. Equality and Non-Discrimination 5. Judicial Imposition of Punishment 6. The Justification of Punishment and Human Rights

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Summers, Sarah J. Sentencing and Human Rights

ISBN:

0-19-196668-1

0-19-269760-9

0-19-269761-7

9780191966682

9780192870384