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dc.contributor.authorMoens, Gabriel
dc.contributor.authorThompson, A.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:41:49Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:41:49Z
dc.date.created2013-03-11T20:00:35Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationMoens, Gabriel and Thompson, A. 2012. Constitutional, philosophical and historical perspectives of the capital punishment debate in Australia and the United States. Acta Universitatis George Bacovia: Juridica. 1 (2): pp. 5-35.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34193
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Capital punishment has been abolished in all Australian States. However, public demands for the reintroduction of the death penalty continue to be heard intermittently in Australia, especially after a gruesome murder or other atrocity. A discussion of the appropriateness and desirability (as opposed to the legality or illegality) of the death penalty is never completely removed from the Australian and American political agenda. An objective observer cannot fail to notice that, in general, such discussion is often carried on by people who have preconceived and inflexible views. An inevitable result is the polarisation of the capital punishment debate. In these circumstances, an insistence on cogent reasoning is clearly warranted.

dc.publisherGeorge Bacovia University
dc.titleConstitutional, philosophical and historical perspectives of the capital punishment debate in Australia and the United States
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume1
dcterms.source.number2
dcterms.source.startPage5
dcterms.source.endPage35
dcterms.source.issn22850171
dcterms.source.titleActa Universitatis George Bacovia. Juridica
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