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The death penalty in contemporary China /
China's infamous death penalty record is the product of firm Party-state control as policy informs capital punishment by courts. A quest for leniency eventually ousted China's 'Strike Hard' policy, as the Party-directed dialectic swung from 'kill many' for the first two...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Palgrave MacMillan,
2012.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Palgrave series on Asian governance.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Killing many and killing fewer
- Deciding guilt
- Sentencing to death
- Choosing life over death
- The turning point
- Shifting narratives of state killing
- Soft-peddling harsh punishment
- Conclusion: life goes on.