Sentencing and human rights : the limits on punishment /

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Author / Creator:Summers, Sarah J., author.
Edition:First edition.
Imprint:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13548393
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ISBN:9780191966682
0191966681
9780192870384
Notes:This edition also issued in print: 2022.
"This is an open access publication, available online and distributed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial - No Derivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 19, 2022).
Summary:'Sentencing and Human Rights' develops a systematic account of the importance of human rights principles at sentencing stage. It examines how principles of legality, proportionality, equality, and judicial responsibility may be expected to limit sentencing practices and suggests that the concept of state punishment needs to be reconsidered.
Other form:Print version : 9780192870384