TY - BOOK AU - Hood,Roger AU - Deva,Surya TI - Confronting capital punishment in Asia: human rights, politics and public opinion SN - 9780191765773 (ebook) : AV - HV8699.A78 U1 - 364.66095 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Capital punishment KW - Asia KW - Human rights N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Capital punishment has for many years now been the subject of controversy and moral debate. With the strengthening focus worldwide on human rights there has been a movement to abolish this form of punishment or in the least, uphold the minimum international law standards aimed at protecting the rights of those facing capital punishment. This book identifies Asia as being particularly unaffected by these international pressures UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199685776.001.0001 ER -