| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 217 pages) |
| Contents |
International influences on U.S. judicial policymaking -- Public opinion, the death penalty, and international influence -- Foreign actors, U.S. bureaus, and death-penalty policies -- Foreign consul influence on death-penalty policies -- U.S. death-penalty policy and international litigation -- Extradition and U.S. death-penalty policies |
| Summary |
The Death Penalty and U.S. Diplomacy analyzes the institutional response to specific forms of foreign intervention and influence such as consular intervention, international litigation, and extradition negotiation. This is documented through case studies such as how a judge in Texas v. Green turned to a comparative Delaware case that relied on the Vienna Convention to remove the death penalty as possible punishment, and how Mexico pressured the White House in two separate cases |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-205) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Capital punishment -- United States
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Capital punishment.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Capital punishment
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Diplomatic relations
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140058
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| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Siracusa, Joseph M., author
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| LC no. |
2021676708 |
| ISBN |
9781442224360 |
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1442224363 |
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