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Abolition
Publisher
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Fayard
Parution date
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2000
EAN
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9782213607061
Description
In L’Abolition, Badinter reviews the political and judicial environment leading to the abolition of the death penalty in France, emphasizing the role played by François Mitterand in this political battle. Badinter concentrates on the current battle engaged to fight the death penalty. This volume is a perfect companion to L’Execution and is a source of inspiration for a universal abolition.
Author
Robert Badinter : Lawyer, professor of law, former French Attorney General (1981 - 1986), and finally President of the Constitutional Counsel (1986 - 1995), Senator Robert Badinter has written several books including a biography of Condorcet (Fayard, 1989), a play on Oscar Wilde (Actes Sud, 1995) and Un antisémitisme ordinaire: Vichy et les avocats juifs, 1940-1944 (Fayard, 1997).
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