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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.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Law, Justice and PowerDescription: viii, 182 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781472423252 (hardback)
  • 1472423259 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.66 23
LOC classification:
  • K5104 .N68 2014
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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