Towards the Abolition of the Death Penalty in Africa
Title | Towards the Abolition of the Death Penalty in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Lilian Chenwi |
Publisher | PULP |
Total Pages | 263 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Capital punishment |
ISBN | 0980265800 |
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.
The Death Penalty in Africa: Foundations and Future Prospects
Title | The Death Penalty in Africa: Foundations and Future Prospects PDF eBook |
Author | A. Novak |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 162 |
Release | 2014-04-16 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1137438770 |
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.
The Death Penalty in Africa
Title | The Death Penalty in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Aimé Muyoboke Karimunda |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 252 |
Release | 2016-03-16 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1317036344 |
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.
The Death Penalty in Africa
Title | The Death Penalty in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Aimé Muyoboke Karimunda |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 281 |
Release | 2016-03-16 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1317036336 |
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.
Death by Decree
Title | Death by Decree PDF eBook |
Author | Roelien Theron |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 56 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN |
Against the Death Penalty
Title | Against the Death Penalty PDF eBook |
Author | Jon Yorke |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 334 |
Release | 2016-12-05 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1351960288 |
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.
The Death Penalty from an African Perspective
Title | The Death Penalty from an African Perspective PDF eBook |
Author | Fainos Mangena |
Publisher | Vernon Press |
Total Pages | 252 |
Release | 2018-01-15 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1622733754 |
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.