Os desafios para a eliminação da pena de morte no Japão

Autores/as

  • Lilian Yamamoto Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/ej.v0i35.127678

Palabras clave:

Death penalty, Penal law, Historical evolution, Public opinion, Abolition

Resumen

Death penalty has been present in most part of Japanese history. In the opposite direction of the majority of the developed countries, there is not any short-medium term perspective it will be abolished from the Japanese penal system. This article intends to investigate what are the reasons for the predominance of its favorable position and its retention, in special, the public opinion and governmental politics. Before that, it will analyze the evolution of its execution methods, a discussion of its constitutionality, as well as its retentionist reasonings. Eventually, it aims to demonstrate that the public opinion polls can generate results according to the interests of those who carry them out.

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Biografía del autor/a

  • Lilian Yamamoto, Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas

    Pós-doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Língua, Literatura e Cultura Japonesa da Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas da Universidade de São Paulo.

Publicado

2015-03-07

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Cómo citar

Os desafios para a eliminação da pena de morte no Japão. (2015). Estudos Japoneses, 35, 44-57. https://doi.org/10.11606/ej.v0i35.127678