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This collection asks questions about the received wisdom of the
debate about capital punishment. Woven through the book, questions
are asked of, and remedies proposed for, a raft of issues
identified as having been overlooked in the traditional discourse.
It provides a long overdue review of the disparate groups and
strategies that lay claim to abolitionism. The authors argue that
capital litigators should use their skills challenging the abuses
not just of process, but of the conditions in which the condemned
await their fate, namely prison conditions, education, leisure,
visits, medical services, etc. In the aftermath of successful
constitutional challenges it is the beneficiaries (arguably those
who are considered successes, having been 'saved' from the death
penalty and now serving living death penalties of one sort or
another) who are suffering the cruel and inhumane alternative. Part
I of the book offers a selection of diverse, nuanced examinations
of death penalty phenomena, scrutinizing complexities frequently
omitted from the narrative of academics and activists. It offers a
challenging and comprehensive analysis of issues critical to the
abolition debate. Part II offers examinations of countries usually
absent from academic analysis to provide an understanding of the
status of the debate locally, with opportunities for wider
application.
This collection asks questions about the received wisdom of the
debate about capital punishment. Woven through the book, questions
are asked of, and remedies proposed for, a raft of issues
identified as having been overlooked in the traditional discourse.
It provides a long overdue review of the disparate groups and
strategies that lay claim to abolitionism. The authors argue that
capital litigators should use their skills challenging the abuses
not just of process, but of the conditions in which the condemned
await their fate, namely prison conditions, education, leisure,
visits, medical services, etc. In the aftermath of successful
constitutional challenges it is the beneficiaries (arguably those
who are considered successes, having been 'saved' from the death
penalty and now serving living death penalties of one sort or
another) who are suffering the cruel and inhumane alternative. Part
I of the book offers a selection of diverse, nuanced examinations
of death penalty phenomena, scrutinizing complexities frequently
omitted from the narrative of academics and activists. It offers a
challenging and comprehensive analysis of issues critical to the
abolition debate. Part II offers examinations of countries usually
absent from academic analysis to provide an understanding of the
status of the debate locally, with opportunities for wider
application.
This volume provides up-to-date and nuanced analysis across a wide
spectrum of capital punishment issues. The essays move beyond the
conventional legal approach and propose fresh perspectives,
including a unique critique of the abolition sector. Written by a
range of leading experts with diverse geographical, methodological
and conceptual approaches, the essays in this volume challenge
received wisdom and embrace a holistic understanding of capital
punishment based on practical experience and empirical data. This
collection is indispensable reading for anyone seeking a
comprehensive and detailed understanding of the complexity of the
death penalty discourse.
The essays selected for this volume develop conventional abolition
discourse and explore the conceptual framework through which
abolition is understood and posited. Of particular interest is the
attention given to an integral but often forgotten element of the
abolition debate: alternatives to capital punishment. The volume
also provides an account of strategies employed by the abolition
community which challenges tired methodologies and offers a level
of transparency previously unseen. This collection tackles complex
but fundamental components of the capital punishment debate using
empirical data and expert observations and is essential reading for
those wishing to comprehend the fundamental issues which underpin
capital punishment discourse.
This volume provides analyses of a range of subjects and issues in
the death penalty debate, from medicine to the media. The essays
address in particular the personal complexities of those involved,
a fundamental part of the subject usually overridden by the
theoretical and legal aspects of the debate. The unique personal
vantage offered by this volume makes it essential reading for
anyone interested in going beyond the removed theoretical
understanding of the death penalty, to better comprehending its
fundamental humanity. Additionally, the international range of the
analysis, enabling disaggregation of country specific motivations,
ensures the complexities of the death penalty are also considered
from a global perspective.
This volume provides up-to-date and nuanced analysis across a wide
spectrum of capital punishment issues. The essays move beyond the
conventional legal approach and propose fresh perspectives,
including a unique critique of the abolition sector. Written by a
range of leading experts with diverse geographical, methodological
and conceptual approaches, the essays in this volume challenge
received wisdom and embrace a holistic understanding of capital
punishment based on practical experience and empirical data. This
collection is indispensable reading for anyone seeking a
comprehensive and detailed understanding of the complexity of the
death penalty discourse.
The essays selected for this volume develop conventional abolition
discourse and explore the conceptual framework through which
abolition is understood and posited. Of particular interest is the
attention given to an integral but often forgotten element of the
abolition debate: alternatives to capital punishment. The volume
also provides an account of strategies employed by the abolition
community which challenges tired methodologies and offers a level
of transparency previously unseen. This collection tackles complex
but fundamental components of the capital punishment debate using
empirical data and expert observations and is essential reading for
those wishing to comprehend the fundamental issues which underpin
capital punishment discourse.
What are the critical factors that determine whether a country
replaces, retains or restores the death penalty? Why do some
countries maintain the death penalty in theory but in reality
rarely invoke it? By asking these questions, the editors hope to
isolate the core issues that influence the formulation of
legislation so that they can be incorporated into strategies for
advising governments considering changes to their policy on capital
punishment. They also seek to redress the imbalance in research,
which tends to focus almost exclusively on the experience of the
USA, by covering a range of countries such as South Korea,
Lithuania, Japan and the British Caribbean Commonwealth. This
valuable contribution to the debates around capital punishment
contains contributions from leading academics, campaigners and
legal practitioners and will be an important resource for students,
academics, NGOs, policy makers, lawyers and jurists.
The editors of this study isolate the core issues influencing legislation so that they can be incorporated into strategies that advise governments in changing their policy on capital punishment. What are the critical factors determining whether a country replaces, retains or restores the death penalty? Why do some countries maintain the death penalty in theory, but in reality rarely invoke it? These questions and others are explored in chapters on South Korea, Lithuania, Georgia, Japan and the British Caribbean Commonwealth, as well as the U.S.
The 6th Infantry Division was the last division planned as part of
the BEF of 1914. It took part in the fighting on the Aisne and the
Battle of Armentieres in 1914; and then served in the Ypres salient
for 18 months (including its recapture of Hooge in August 1915),
before its translation to the Somme in 1916 to take part in the
Battles of Flers-Courcelette, Morval and the Transloy Ridges. In
1917 it was involved in heavy fighting at Loos as a result of the
Battle of Arras, and again in the Battle of Cambrai in November
1917. In 1918 it would bear the brunt of the German offensive as
part of Third Army on 21 March, and would finish its war with
Fourth Army in the Hundred Days campaign from the Hindenburg Line
onwards. A brief operational history was published in 1920. This
new history covers the operations in detail, but devotes two
chapters to study of the division's commanders from its four
major-generals to its battalion COs; a chapter to the divisional
and brigade staff; a chapter to training and another on the
development of divisional firepower; and reviews medical services,
engineering and logistics. The book seeks to place the division
within the context of the tactical and operational development of
the British Army in the First World War.
Our vision of the soldier of the Great War is often clouded by
sentimentality. `Glum Heroes' is a portrayal of how the soldiers of
1914-1918 coped with their experiences. Using their own words, the
book considers coping from both the standpoint of psychological
theory that has stood the test of time, but more importantly, in
the context of the cultural norms of those born into the Victorian
era. The external coping resources available to soldiers
encompassed family and friends. The first was a resource limited by
distance, and the central role of correspondence in sustaining
contact is explored. The second is often misunderstood. The nature
of the comradeship enjoyed on active service mirrored that of the
workplace of the early 20th century. The use of modern notions of
friendship distorts our understanding of how within its limitations
such comradeship was supportive. The two kingpins of the internal
resources that facilitated coping on active service include the
code of manliness and the stoic emphasis on endurance and
management of emotion. The role of these is greatly diminished in
the modern world. Similarly, spirituality wove its way into
soldiers' coping in ways unfamiliar in the present day. Fear and
courage are examined in the light of these coping mechanisms, as is
the experience of loss and death on the battlefield. Stripped of
sentimentality and viewed without the distorting prism of 21st
century preoccupations, the coping mechanisms of Great War
soldiers, although very different from our own, were robust and
largely effective.
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