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The Review Power of the Chinese Supreme People’s Court on Death Sentences

2008

The Chapter illustrates the history, philosophical background, and current law and practice regarding the death penalty in China, following the legal reform on this matter.

Settore IUS/20 - Filosofia Del DirittoHuman Rights Death Penalty Legal Reform Chinese law and jurisprudence
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Illuminismo e giustizia penale. Il caso della ghigliottina

2011

International audience; A mechanical daughter of the enlightenment, the guillotine remains a frightening symbol of its dialectic. Being one of the most troubling inventions of utilitarian rationalism in modern europe, it meets the expectations of equality, secularism, and humanity of the legal culture of Philosophes. Focusing on the texts and contexts of the institution of this lethal machine in the administration of justice, this article examines the anthropological sense and the political dimension of the recourse to the machine. Is the mechanization of capital punishment a step forward in the humanization of social relations or the entry in the era of technical inhumanity? In this ambigu…

[SHS.PHIL] Humanities and Social Sciences/Philosophy[ SHS.PHIL ] Humanities and Social Sciences/PhilosophyGuillotinePeine de mortDroits de l'hommeJustice des LumièresXVIIIe siècle[SHS.PHIL]Humanities and Social Sciences/PhilosophyGuillotine ˗ Death Penalty ˗ Enlightenment's Justice ˗ Human Rights ˗ 18th Century
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