The death penalty in Africa
Subtitle: foundations and future prospects
By: Andrew Novak, Adjunct Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, George Mason University, USA
Edition: First edition.
Series: Palgrave pivot; Palgrave pivot
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9781137438751; 9781137438768; 9781137438775
Subjects: Capital punishment
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-116) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the death penalty in Sub-Saharan Africa; title: Capital punishment in precolonial African society; title: Executions and state power during the colonial period; title: The politicization of the death penalty after independence; title: An opening : the death penalty in an era of democratization; title: The operation of the modern death penalty in Africa; title: Conclusion : the future of the death penalty in Africa.