Overview
- Provides an objective analysis, weighing the pros and cons of the death penalty objectively
- Uses the case study of Hungary to explore cases where capital punishment has re-entered political discourse
- Offers a historical overlook as capital punishment as a practice, in Europe specifically
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part II
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Front Matter
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Keywords
About this book
This book explores the pros and cons of the death penalty and the history of capital punishment. In this context, it puts a special emphasis on the situation in Hungary, where, amongst its neighbors, in recent years the demand for the reestablishment of the death penalty has received the strongest political support from many pro-government politicians. Toth presents tendencies toward abolition of the death penalty and analyzes the arguments by which the death penalty can, in principle, be criticized or even defended. The book presents the main issues of the death penalty, arguments of both abolitionists and retentionists, and reviews the modern history of this sanction. It does not seek to convince the reader of the correctness or wrongness of the death penalty, but it presents both sides of the argument and their standpoints, and leaves the reader to decide. It encourages informed debate and discussion.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Zoltan J. Toth is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at Karoli Gaspar University of the Hungarian Reformed Church, Budapest, Hungary.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Changing Attitudes Towards the Death Penalty
Book Subtitle: Hungary’s Renewed Support for Capital Punishment
Authors: Zoltan J. Toth
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47557-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47556-7Published: 12 June 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-47557-4Published: 11 June 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 212
Topics: Prison and Punishment, International Criminal Law, Human Rights and Crime, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Crime Prevention, Legal History