|
" The global decline of the mandatory death penalty : "
Andrew Novak, American University Washington College of Law, USA
| Document Type
|
:
|
BL
|
| Record Number
|
:
|
644345
|
| Doc. No
|
:
|
dltt
|
| Main Entry
|
:
|
Novak, Andrew
|
| Title & Author
|
:
|
The global decline of the mandatory death penalty : : constitutional jurisprudence and legislative reform in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean /\ Andrew Novak, American University Washington College of Law, USA
|
| Series Statement
|
:
|
Law, justice and power series
|
| Page. NO
|
:
|
viii, 182 pages ;; 24 cm
|
| ISBN
|
:
|
9781472423252 (hardback : alk. paper)
|
|
|
:
|
: 1472423259 (hardback : alk. paper)
|
|
|
:
|
9781472423269 (ebook)
|
|
|
:
|
1472423267 (ebook)
|
|
|
:
|
9781472423276 (epub)
|
|
|
:
|
1472423275 (epub)
|
| Bibliographies/Indexes
|
:
|
Includes bibliographical references and index
|
| Contents
|
:
|
Introduction : the mandatory death penalty in historical and comparative perspective -- An excessive and arbitrary punishment : the mandatory death penalty and discretion in the United States of America -- Restricting the death penalty to the rarest of the rare : the origins of a discretionary death penalty in India and Bangladesh -- A successful experiment : the abolition of the mandatory death penalty in the Commonwealth Caribbean -- The holdouts : the survival of the mandatory death penalty in Malaysia and Singapore -- The new frontier : constitutional challenges to the mandatory death penalty in Sub-Saharan Africa -- The doctrine of extenuating circumstances : the rise of judicial sentencing discretion in Southern Africa -- Conclusion : after the mandatory death penalty
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Capital punishment
|
| Dewey Classification
|
:
|
364.66
|
| LC Classification
|
:
|
K5104.N68 2014
|
|
|
:
|
K5104.N68 2014
|
| |