Life sentences and human dignity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12593913 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gauthier de Beco (0000-0003-1492-9657, Yahoo (United Kingdom), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 411-419 |
| Publication date | 2005-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of Human Rights (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1364-2987 • E-ISSN: 1744-053X |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13642980500170857 |
| OpenAlex | W2161726772 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The article discusses life imprisonment in relation to a person's right to human dignity. It examines the different aspects of the right to human dignity as well as the legal and empirical arguments that a life sentence is incompatible with the human dignity of convicted persons. The imposition and implementation of life imprisonment in various countries is also analysed in the light of jurisprudence
Criminology · Dignity · Human life · Human rights · Humanity · Imprisonment · Jurisprudence · Life imprisonment · Linguistics · Political science · Prison · Relation (database · Sentence · Sociology · Computer Science · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Human Rights and Development · Law · Philosophy · Torture, Ethics, and Law
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2019 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |