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The global decline of the mandatory death penalty :

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The global decline of the mandatory death penalty :

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constitutional jurisprudence and legislative reform in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean /

Andrew Novak, American University Washington College of Law, USA

viii, 182 pages ;

24 cm

Law, justice and power series

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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Novak, Andrew

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