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Abolishment, Ambiguity, and the Abyss: Buddhists’ Positions on the Death Sentence in Early Modern Tibet |
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Jansen, Berthe (著)
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Buddhism, Law & Society
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| Volume | v.5 |
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| Date | 2019-20 |
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| Pages | 61 - 90 |
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| Publisher | University at Buffalo; William S. Hein & Co., Inc. |
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https://www.law.buffalo.edu/
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| Location | Buffalo, NY, US [水牛城, 紐約州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | death penalty; capital punishment; Buddhist ethics; early modern Tibet; Ganden Phodrang; Tibetan Buddhism; history of law |
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| Abstract | This article deals with the death penalty in pre-modern Tibet and how both legal works and Tibetan Buddhists displayed an ambiguous stance regarding this sentence. The main sources that speak of this practice examined here are the largely understudied Tibetan legal decrees and law texts, along with traveler’s accounts and other materials. Taking an explicitly historical perspective, this paper does not engage with the question whether capital punishment can ever be justified by Buddhists. It is argued that various sovereigns burdened with both secular and religious rule, have made ambiguous attempts to abolish the death sentence, with limited success. While rare, the death penalty was carried out but remained a problematic issue for a number of Tibetan Buddhist authors. The sources presented here attest to these ambiguities. |
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| Table of contents | Abstract 61
INTRODUCTION 61
THE ABOLISHMENT OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN TIBET 65
THE DEATH PENALTY ACCORDING TO TIBETAN PRIMARY SOURCES 71
THE DEATH PENALTY IN TIBET: A FAMOUS CASE 76
OTHERING THE DEATH PENALTY 78
CONCLUDING REMARKS 80
APPENDIX: A NOTE ON TERMINOLOGY 82
BIBLIOGRAPHY 83 |
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| ISSN | 24759260 (P); 24759279 (E) |
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| Hits | 229 |
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| Created date | 2023.04.19 |
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| Modified date | 2023.04.19 |
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