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Criminal law in a totalitarian state — a North Korean case study

Subject and Keywords:

criminal law   totalitarianism   North Korea   Juche ideology   capital punishment   labour camps   executions by firing squad

Abstract:

It is hard to imagine that in the 21st century there is a state in which a joke, a yawn during a political speech or singing pop songs is punishable by death, and for accidentally breaking the bust of the chief, putting newspaper with his image on the floor or other manifestations of “disobedience” one can be sent to a concentration camp with one’s whole family — three generations back. Meanwhile, it is not just an Orwellian vision of the world, but the North Korean reality.This article aims to analyze the North Korean penal code and, consequently, to find the answer to the question of whether criminal law in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is an instrument of a totalitarian state policy and, if so, of what kind.

Date issued:

2019

Date copyrighted:

2019

Resource Type:

text

Detailed Type:

article

Identifier:

ISSN 0239-6661   ISSN 2300-7249

DOI:

10.19195/2300-7249.41.4.11

Source:

PAd P 101182 II

Language:

pol   eng

Abstract Language :

pol   eng

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Rights holder:

Copyright by Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego Sp. z o.o.

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