The label of life imprisonment in Australia: a principled or populist approach to an ultimate sentence

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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