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008			131101s2014 enk b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9781472423252 (hardback)
020			_a1472423259 (hardback)
020			_z9781472423269 (ebook)
020			_z1472423267 (ebook)
020			_z9781472423276 (epub)
020			_z1472423275 (epub)
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _erda
042			_apcc
050	0	0	_aK5104 _b.N68 2014
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100	1		_aNovak, Andrew.
245	1	4	_aThe global decline of the mandatory death penalty : _bconstitutional jurisprudence and legislative reform in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean / _cAndrew Novak, American University Washington College of Law, USA.
300			_aviii, 182 pages ; _c24 cm.
490	0		_aLaw, Justice and Power
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction : 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.
650		0	_aCapital punishment.
906			_a7 _bcbc _corignew _d1 _eecip _f20 _gy-gencatlg
942			_2ddc _cE-BOOK