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Author:   Professor Dirk van Zyl Smit ,  Dr Catherine Appleton
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Hart Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.925kg
ISBN:  

9781509902200

ISBN 10:   1509902201
Pages:   544
Publication Date:   01 December 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction Dirk Van Zyl Smit, Catherine Appleton and Georgie Benford Part I: The Challenge of ‘Life’ in the Americas 1. The Impact of Life Imprisonment on Criminal Justice Reform in the United States Marc Mauer and Ashley Nellis 2. Life Imprisonment in Latin America Beatriz López Lorca Part II: Life without Parole around the World 3. Life without Parole in Australia: Current Practices, Juvenile and Retrospective Sentencing Kate Fitz-Gibbon 4. Life Imprisonment and Human Rights in Uganda Jamil Ddamulira Mujuzi 5. A New Form of Life Imprisonment for India? Madhurima Dhanuka 6. An Administrative Procedure for Life Prisoners: Law and Practice of Royal Pardon in the Netherlands Wiene van Hattum and Sonja Meijer 7. Constitutionalising Life Imprisonment without Parole: The Case of Hungary Miklós Lévay 8. A Right to Hope? Life Imprisonment in France Marion Vannier Part III: Life Imprisonment and the European Convention of Human Rights 9. The Paradox of Reform: Life Imprisonment in England and Wales Catherine Appleton and Dirk Van Zyl Smit 10. Life Imprisonment in Belgium: Current Human Rights Challenges Sonja Snacken, Ineke Casier, Caroline Devynck and Diete Humblet 11. Confusingly Compliant with the European Convention on Human Rights: The Release of Life Sentence Prisoners in Ireland Diarmuid Griffin and Ian O’Donnell Part IV: Countries without Life Imprisonment 12. Punishment in Portuguese Criminal Law: A Penal System without Life Imprisonment Inês Horta Pinto 13. The Abolition of Life Imprisonment in Brazil and its Contradictions Giovanna Maria Frisso 14. Long-term Imprisonment in Latin America Francisco Javier de León Villalba Part V: The (Re)introduction of Life Imprisonment 15. Life and Long-Term Imprisonment in the Countries of the Former Yugoslavia Filip Vojta 16. The Right to Hope for Lifers: An Analysis of Court Judgments and Practice in Poland Maria Ejchart-Dubois, Maria Nielaczna and Aneta Wilkowska-Plóciennik 17. Long-Term and Life Imprisonment in Spain: Release Procedures and Terrorism Jon-Mirena Landa Gorostiza Part VI: Life Imprisonment and Preventive Detention 18. Constitutional Limits on Life Imprisonment and Post-Sentence Preventive Detention in Germany Axel Dessecker 19. Life without Parole for Preventive Reasons? Lifelong Post-sentence Detention in Switzerland Anna Coninx 20. Life Imprisonment and Related Institutions in the Nordic Countries Tapio Lappi-Seppälä

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Dirk van Zyl Smit is Professor of Comparative and International Penal Law at the University of Nottingham. Catherine Appleton is Senior Research Fellow in Law at the University of Nottingham.

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