The Death Penalty in Africa: Foundations and Future Prospects

by Andrew Novak

Book Overview

Over the past decade the death penalty has sharply declined across the African continent, and the number of executions outside of North Africa has fallen to a trickle. While this would seem to fit within the general global decline in executions and the increasing number of abolitionist jurisdictions worldwide, it is a process that bears little relation to public opinion in Africa or to the strong retributivist sentiments held by the continent's political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137438754
• ISBN13: 9781137438751
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"