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Author : Lilian Chenwi
Publisher : PULP
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Capital punishment
ISBN : 9780980265804
This book is an updated and reworked version of the thesis which was submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Laws (LLD) in the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria.
Author : Aimé Muyoboke Karimunda
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317036340
Human development is not simply about wealth and economic well-being, it is also dependent upon shared values that cherish the sanctity of human life. Using comparative methods, archival research and quantitative findings, this book explores the historical and cultural background of the death penalty in Africa, analysing the law and practice of the death penalty under European and Asian laws in Africa before independence. Showing progressive attitudes to punishment rooted in both traditional and modern concepts of human dignity, Aimé Muyoboke Karimunda assesses the ground on which the death penalty is retained today. Providing a full and balanced appraisal of the arguments, the book presents a clear and compelling case for the total abolition of the death penalty throughout Africa. This book is essential reading for human rights lawyers, legal anthropologists, historians, political analysts and anyone else interested in promoting democracy and the protection of fundamental human rights in Africa.
Author : A. Novak
Publisher : Springer
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137438775
In recent years the death penalty has sharply declined across Africa, but this trend belies actual public opinion and the retributivist sentiments held by political elites. This study explains capital punishment in Africa in terms of culturally specific notions of life and death as well as the colonial-era imposition of criminal and penal policy.
Author : Roelien Theron
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105082130365
Author : Jon Yorke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351960281
This edited volume brings together leading scholars on the death penalty within international, regional and municipal law. It considers the intrinsic elements of both the promotion and demise of the punishment around the world, and provides analysis which contributes to the evolving abolitionist discourse. The contributors consider the current developments within the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the African Commission and the Commonwealth Caribbean, and engage with the emergence of regional norms promoting collective restriction and renunciation of the punishment. They investigate perspectives and questions for retentionist countries, focusing on the United States, China, Korea and Taiwan, and reveal the iniquities of contemporary capital judicial systems. Emphasis is placed on the issues of transparency of municipal jurisdictions, the jurisprudence on the 'death row phenomenon' and the changing nature of public opinion. The volume surveys and critiques the arguments used to scrutinize the death penalty to then offer a detailed analysis of possible replacement sanctions.
Author : Keir Starmer,Theodora A. Christou
Publisher : BIICL
Page : 1486 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : 9780903067843
At a time when the issue of human rights in Africa is making many advances, Human Rights Sourcebook and Manual for Africa introduces easy-to-use jurisprudence. The first section covers key principles and human rights norms which are detailed in straightforward language. The second section is devoted to the death penalty, detailing the relevant provisions from both international and regional instruments and offering a comparative commentary as to how the principles and relevant rights relate to the death penalty. The third section summarizes key case law from international, regional and domestic African courts and tribunals. The case summaries detail the facts and decisions and include a headnote of relevant concepts for quick reference. The fourth section focuses on thirteen African countries, yet the reports are a useful comparative resource for all countries. From conducting the research and compiling the material for this final section, it is apparent that nothing like this has been attempted before in Africa. Much of the work emanates from primary research and investigation conducted by local research teams in the individual countries. Investigative research includes visiting prisons, physically counting the individuals on death row and interviewing the detainees to obtain their age and the length of time they had been on death row.
Author : Fainos Mangena,Jonathan O. Chimakonam
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781622733750
This book is about an African philosophical examination of the death penalty debate. In a 21st century world where the notion of human right is primed, this book considers the question of the death penalty in two sub-Saharan African countries namely, Zimbabwe and Nigeria, notorious for their poor human right records. This edited collection comprises of 11 essays from Zimbabwean and Nigerian philosophers. As opinions continue to divide over the retention or abolition of the death penalty, these African philosophers attempt to localise this debate by raising the following questions: What is the meaning of life in the African place? Is it proper to take the human life under any guise at all? Who has the right to take the human life? Can the death penalty be jutified on the bases of African cultures? Why should it be abolished? Why should it be retained? Indeed, this book is the first of its kind to engage the tumultuous issue of capital punishment in the postcolonial Africa and from the African philosophical point of view.
Author : Madoka Futamura,Nadia Bernaz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781134066711
The increase in the number of countries that have abolished the death penalty since the end of the Second World War shows a steady trend towards worldwide abolition of capital punishment. This book focuses on the political and legal issues raised by the death penalty in "countries in transition", understood as countries that have transitioned or are transitioning from conflict to peace, or from authoritarianism to democracy. In such countries, the politics that surround retaining or abolishing the death penalty are embedded in complex state-building processes. In this context, Madoka Futamura and Nadia Bernaz bring together the work of leading researchers of international law, human rights, transitional justice, and international politics in order to explore the social, political and legal factors that shape decisions on the death penalty, whether this leads to its abolition, reinstatement or perpetuation. Covering a diverse range of transitional processes in Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East, The Politics of the Death Penalty in Countries in Transition offers a broad evaluation of countries whose death penalty policies have rarely been studied. The book would be useful to human rights researchers and international lawyers, in demonstrating how transition and transformation, ‘provide the catalyst for several of interrelated developments of which one is the reduction and elimination of capital punishment’.
Author : Andrea Durbach
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Capital punishment
ISBN : STANFORD:36105080907434
Author : İoanna Kuçuradi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Capital punishment
ISBN : 9783643963451
Author : Andrew Novak
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317030270
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.
Author : Roger Hood
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041057873
A report to the United Nations Committee on Crime Prevention and Control.
Author : United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs,Marc Ancel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Capital punishment
ISBN : UOM:39015024912191
Author : Center for Capital Punishment Studies, London
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Law
ISBN : 1555532993
An indispensable reference and research tool for capital punishment scholars.
Author : United Nations. General Assembly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Capital punishment
ISBN : UIUC:30112115666007
Summary : The present report contains information covering the period from July 2010 to June 2011, and draws attention to a number of phenomena, including the continuing trend towards abolition, the ongoing difficulties in gaining access to reliable information on executions, and various international efforts toward the universal abolition of the death penalty.