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JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THE DEATH PENALTY

01 January 1991

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JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THE DEATH PENALTY
libdoc November=1993

Author: PANNICK, D.
Publisher: DUCKWORTH, 1982
Keywords: UN, UK, US, JUDICIARY

Contents:
INTRODUCTION
DUE PROCESS OF LAW AND THE RULE OF LAW
PENAL THEORIES AND THE CONSTITUTION
CRUELTY AND DELAY
DISCRETIONARY DEATH SENTENCES
MANDATORY DEATH SENTENCES
DISPROPORTIONALITY
PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS AND THE RULE OF LAW
EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS
CLEMENCY
CONCLUSION

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