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The Death Penalty and the Peculiarity of American Political Institutions

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Bae, Sangmin
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	This article examines distinctive American political institutions that contribute to explaining the continued use of the death penalty. In the light of wide popular support for capital punishment, strong political leadership is considered to be a principal channel for the abolition of capital punishment. The dilemma of the US death penalty, however, lies in populist features of political structures that greatly limit the political leverage and possibilities available to leaders. The institutional arrangements in the United States allow public support for the death penalty to influence political decision making more directly than it can in the European counterpart. A strong receptiveness of US political leaders to the public also implies that once public opinion changes, political leaders are likely to respond to the public’s new attitude. Unlike most countries, which abolished the death penalty through political initiatives that were counter-majoritarian, the United States may abolish it only after a change in public opinion.
Starting Page	233
Ending Page	240
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15248879
Journal	Human Rights Review
Volume Number	9
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	18746306
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2007-11-22
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Ethics Philosophy of Law Law Theory/Law Philosophy
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Law

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