Dirk van Zyl Smit is Emeritus Professor of Comparative and International Penal Law, University of Nottingham and Emeritus Professor of Criminology, University of Cape Town.Catherine Appleton is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Research and Education in Security, Prisons and Forensic Psychiatry, St Olav’s Hospital and at the Department of Mental Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim.Vucong Giao is Head of the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law and Director of the Research Center for Human and Citizen’s Rights under School of Law, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU-LS).

• 1. Japan- Life Imprisonment in Japan: The existing Legal System and Alternative Sanctions to the Death Penalty.- 2. China- Life Imprisonment in China: Law and Practice.- 3. India- Life Imprisonment in India: A Life Without Hope?.- 4. Hong Kong.- 5. South Korea- Life Imprisonment in South Korea: Law and Practice in the Shadow of the Death Penalty.- 6. Vietnam- Life Imprisonment and Human Rights: Reflections on the Vietnamese Context.- 7. Bangladesh- Ensuring a Constructive Prison Experience for Life Sentenced Prisoners in Bangladesh.- 8. Indonesia- Imposing and Enforcing Life Imprisonment in Indonesia.- 9. Malaysia- Reviewing Life Imprisonment in Malaysia: Prospects for Law Reform?.- 10. Singapore- Life Imprisonment in Singapore: Legal and Sociological Perspectives.- 11. Australia- Attempting to Restore a Right to Hope of Release to Life Imprisonment in Australia: The Phuong Ngo Case.- 12. New Zealand- Mapping Life Imprisonment and Indeterminate Sentencing in New Zealand.- 13. Conclusion- Asian Life Imprisonment in Worldwide Perspective.

Dirk van Zyl Smit is Emeritus Professor of Comparative and International Penal Law, University of Nottingham and Emeritus Professor of Criminology, University of Cape Town.Catherine Appleton is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Research and Education in Security, Prisons and Forensic Psychiatry, St Olav’s Hospital and at the Department of Mental Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim.Vucong Giao is Head of the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law and Director of the Research Center for Human and Citizen’s Rights under School of Law, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU-LS).

• 1. Japan- Life Imprisonment in Japan: The existing Legal System and Alternative Sanctions to the Death Penalty.- 2. China- Life Imprisonment in China: Law and Practice.- 3. India- Life Imprisonment in India: A Life Without Hope?.- 4. Hong Kong.- 5. South Korea- Life Imprisonment in South Korea: Law and Practice in the Shadow of the Death Penalty.- 6. Vietnam- Life Imprisonment and Human Rights: Reflections on the Vietnamese Context.- 7. Bangladesh- Ensuring a Constructive Prison Experience for Life Sentenced Prisoners in Bangladesh.- 8. Indonesia- Imposing and Enforcing Life Imprisonment in Indonesia.- 9. Malaysia- Reviewing Life Imprisonment in Malaysia: Prospects for Law Reform?.- 10. Singapore- Life Imprisonment in Singapore: Legal and Sociological Perspectives.- 11. Australia- Attempting to Restore a Right to Hope of Release to Life Imprisonment in Australia: The Phuong Ngo Case.- 12. New Zealand- Mapping Life Imprisonment and Indeterminate Sentencing in New Zealand.- 13. Conclusion- Asian Life Imprisonment in Worldwide Perspective.

Dirk van Zyl Smit is Emeritus Professor of Comparative and International Penal Law, University of Nottingham and Emeritus Professor of Criminology, University of Cape Town.Catherine Appleton is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Research and Education in Security, Prisons and Forensic Psychiatry, St Olav’s Hospital and at the Department of Mental Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim.Vucong Giao is Head of the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law and Director of the Research Center for Human and Citizen’s Rights under School of Law, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU-LS).

• 1. Japan- Life Imprisonment in Japan: The existing Legal System and Alternative Sanctions to the Death Penalty.- 2. China- Life Imprisonment in China: Law and Practice.- 3. India- Life Imprisonment in India: A Life Without Hope?.- 4. Hong Kong.- 5. South Korea- Life Imprisonment in South Korea: Law and Practice in the Shadow of the Death Penalty.- 6. Vietnam- Life Imprisonment and Human Rights: Reflections on the Vietnamese Context.- 7. Bangladesh- Ensuring a Constructive Prison Experience for Life Sentenced Prisoners in Bangladesh.- 8. Indonesia- Imposing and Enforcing Life Imprisonment in Indonesia.- 9. Malaysia- Reviewing Life Imprisonment in Malaysia: Prospects for Law Reform?.- 10. Singapore- Life Imprisonment in Singapore: Legal and Sociological Perspectives.- 11. Australia- Attempting to Restore a Right to Hope of Release to Life Imprisonment in Australia: The Phuong Ngo Case.- 12. New Zealand- Mapping Life Imprisonment and Indeterminate Sentencing in New Zealand.- 13. Conclusion- Asian Life Imprisonment in Worldwide Perspective.