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The Global Decline of the Mandatory Death Penalty - Constitutional Jurisprudence and Legislative Reform in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean (Paperback)
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The Global Decline of the Mandatory Death Penalty - Constitutional Jurisprudence and Legislative Reform in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean (Paperback)
Series: Law, Justice and Power
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Historically, 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.
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