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020			_a9781472423252 (hardback)
020			_a1472423259 (hardback)
020			_z9781472423269 (ebook)
020			_z1472423267 (ebook)
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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.
264		1	_aFarnham, Surrey, England ; _aBurlington, VT : _bAshgate, _c[2014]
300			_aviii, 182 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aLaw, Justice and Power
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_a1. Introduction : the mandatory death penalty in historical and comparative perspective -- 2. An excessive and arbitrary punishment : the mandatory death penalty and discretion in the United States of America -- 3. Restricting the death penalty to the "rarest of the rare" : the origins of a discretionary death penalty in India and Bangladesh -- 4. A successful experiment : the abolition of the mandatory death penalty in the Commonwealth Caribbean -- 5. The holdouts : the survival of the mandatory death penalty in Malaysia and Singapore -- 6. The new frontier : constitutional challenges to the mandatory death penalty in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 7. The doctrine of extenuating circumstances : the rise of judicial sentencing discretion in Southern Africa -- 8. Conclusion : after the mandatory death penalty.
520			_aHistorically, at English common law, the death penalty was mandatory for the crime of murder and other violent felonies. Over the last three decades, however, many former British colonies have reformed their capital punishment regimes to permit judicial sentencing discretion, including consideration of mitigating factors. Applying a comparative analysis to the law of capital punishment, Novak examines the constitutional jurisprudence and resulting legislative reform in the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South and Southeast Asia, focusing on the rapid retreat of the mandatory death penalty in the Commonwealth over the last thirty years. The coordinated mandatory death penalty challenges - which have had the consequence of greatly reducing the world’s death row population - represent a case study of how a small group of lawyers can sponsor human rights litigation that incorporates international human rights law into domestic constitutional jurisprudence, ultimately harmonizing criminal justice regimes across borders. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the study and development of human rights and capital punishment, as well as those exploring the contours of comparative criminal justice.
650		0	_aCapital punishment.
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