Sattar, Adnan <br/><br/>
Criminal punishment and human rights  : convenient morality 

 - N.Y.  Routledge  2019 
 - xv, 269p. 
 - Routledge research in human rights law .
<br/><br/>Acknowledgements; Table of Conventions, Treaties and International Instruments; Table of National Legislation; Table of Cases; Introduction; 1. The Crime of Punishment: Reassessing Classical Penal Theory; 2. The Gods that Failed: Positivist Criminology and the Legacy of the International Penal and Penitentiary Commission; 3. Retributivism in the Age of Human Rights; 4. Punishment and the Origins of International Human Rights Law: An Uncensored Account; 5. The Untold Story of the Howard League's Campaign for an International Prisoners' Convention; 6. The Great Force of History: Development of the Global Human Rights Regime; 7. The Evolution and Interpretation of Human Rights Norms and Penal Aims: A New Standard of Civilization?; Conclusion; Bibliography 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780367660468 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Punishment--Moral and ethical aspects<br/>Criminal law--Philosophy<br/>Human rights<br/>Punishment
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>343.24  / SAT