Comparative Executive Clemency: The Constitutional Pardon Power and the Prerogative of Mercy in Global Perspective

by Andrew Novak

Book Overview

This book provides a comparative constitutional analysis of executive clemency, with a focus on death penalty cases. Comparative executive clemency has never been the subject of a full-length comparative constitutional analysis, and the breadth of jurisdictions contained in this book-encompassing the entire English-speaking world-provides a full range of cultural and political variations in the level of deference given to executive decision-making...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081535536X
• ISBN13: 9780815355366
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"