num_pages: 508
description: This extensively revised third edition covers developments since publication of the second edition in 1997. It includes consideration of the UN human rights system, international humanitarian law, European human rights law and Inter-American human rights law. New chapters address capital punishment in African human rights law and international criminal law. An extensive list of appendices contains many of the essential documents for the study of capital punishment in international law. (Introduced with a Foreword by Judge Gilbert Guillaume, President of the International Court of Justice.) Previous Edition Hb (1997): 0-521-58135-4 Previous Edition Pb (1997): 0-521-58887-1
language: English
title: The Abolition of the Death Penalty in International Law
titlecomplete: The Abolition of the Death Penalty in International Law
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 8
publisher: Cambridge University Press