Capital Punishment and British Politics : The British Movement to Abolish the Death Penalty 1945-47 (Paperback)

Introduction 1. Capital Punishment, the Law of Murder and the Genesis of Reform 2. The Labour Government and Abolition 3. Between Parliamentary Storms 4. Capital Punishment in the Courtroom 5. The Campaign Renewed 6. Conservative Government and Abolition 7. The Capital Punishment Controversy and the Political Process Selected Bibliography Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Index