- Title
- The label of life imprisonment in Australia: a principled or populist approach to an ultimate sentence
- Creator
- Anderson, John L.
- Relation
- The University of New South Wales Law Journal Vol. 35, Issue 3, p. 747-778
- Relation
- http://www.unswlawjournal.unsw.edu.au/issue/volume-35-no-3
- Publisher
- University of New South Wales
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2012
- Description
- The sentence of life imprisonment in modern penal systems is the 'most severe sanction at the disposal of the State' in jurisdictions where the death penalty has been abolished. It has singular significance as an ultimate penalty but its practical application and operation is an enduring enigma.
- Subject
- penal systems; Australia; life sentence; imprisonment
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1057449
- Identifier
- uon:16191
- Identifier
- ISSN:0313-0096
- Language
- eng
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