The Global Decline of the Mandatory Death Penalty

Constitutional Jurisprudence and Legislative Reform in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean

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Andrew Novak

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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.

Author Biography:

Andrew Novak is an adjunct professor of African law at American University Washington College of Law and an adjunct professor of criminology, law, and society at George Mason University, where he teaches international and comparative criminal justice. He received a Master of Science in African Politics from the London School of Oriental and African Studies and a Juris Doctor from Boston University School of Law. His articles on the death penalty in Sub-Saharan Africa have appeared in journals such as the Suffolk University Law Review, Loyola Journal of Public Interest Law, Richmond Journal of Global Law and Business, Indiana International and Comparative Law Review, and Boston University International Law Journal.

Release date Australia

October 19th, 2016

Author

Andrew Novak

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Pages

200

Series

Law, Justice, and Power

ISBN-13

9781138246898

Product ID

27553210

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