International law & the death penalty.

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dc.contributor.advisorGatch, Loren,
dc.contributor.authorMbolong, Etienne Brice
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHardt, Jan
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSharp, Brett S.
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-09T14:39:58Z
dc.date.available2020-07-09T14:39:58Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractIn the beginning there was the death penalty. And it was good. Or so the countries of the world and international laws thought. But times do change and there have been many changes on many fronts in international law, general practices, norms and the customary law. When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed in 1948, the norms of the day were very different than the norms of today. Almost 70 years later the world is different in almost every conceivable way and that extends to how the death penalty should be viewed in a contemporary context. This thesis will examine major international legislation handed down that impacted the evolution of a customary norm with regard to the death penalty. In addition, it will review the current status and recent trends of countries in the abolitionist and retentionist camps, the role of some key non-governmental organizations and a wide survey of relevant literature. Benefits and losses will be checked, alternatives explored and causes for both optimism and pessimism uncovered. In summary, while the direction toward a customary international norm for the universal abolition of the death penalty is emerging, tentatively at first, but gathering speed, the United States remains a significant outlier within the retentionist camp.
dc.identifier.oclc(OCoLC)on1007721114
dc.identifier.other(AlmaMMSId)9982550883502196
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11244/325040
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dc.subject.keywordsDeath penalty
dc.subject.keywordsInternational law
dc.subject.lcshCapital punishment
dc.subject.lcshInternational law and human rights
dc.thesis.degreeM.A., Political Science
dc.titleInternational law & the death penalty.
dc.typeAcademic theses
thesis.degree.grantorJackson College of Graduate Studies.
uco.groupUCO - Graduate Works and Theses::UCO - Theses

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