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Capital Punishment in Japan

Schmidt Dr P Schmidt

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English
Brill
05 November 2001
Capital punishment has been carried out in Japan since ancient times. Although ancient Japan uniquely suspended executions for several centuries towards the end of the first millennium, today the death penalty is firmly established in Japan. This volume explores the current state of capital punishment, the domestic discussion on the subject, and the influence of the political orientations of the governments of recent years. The treatise is of current interest especially because of the Aum cult, whose leader Shoko Asahara is at present tried in Tokyo. If found guilty, he may be sentenced to death. After a three years' interval (between 1989 and 1993), Japan is nowadays undergoing a capital punishment ""renaissance"" with 39 executions between 1993 and 2000.
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Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   17
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 155mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   449g
ISBN:   9789004124219
ISBN 10:   9004124217
Series:   Brill's Japanese Studies Library
Pages:   216
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Petra Schmidt, Ph.D. (1995) in Law, Japanese Studies, Chinese Studies, Hamburg University, is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Sydney. She has published extensively on Japanese law including Die Entwicklung des japanischen Erbrechts (Carl Heymanns, 1993).

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