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1 juin 2017
- doi: 10.4000/books.pufr.4413
- eisbn: 9782869064515
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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François Rannaud, « Ritual Killing? », Presses universitaires François-Rabelais, ID : 10.4000/books.pufr.4413
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It may seem paradoxical to discuss the death penalty after it has been abolished in Britain and France, and while the american states which have reactivated it, use it sparingly. Yet it is important, because where it is still in force, the death penalty is the cornerstone of the scale of punishment used in that country and it raises among other issues: the right to punish and the power of the State and its limits. Besides, when the death penalty is rarely applied, the executed men tend to be ...