The death penalty in Africa
Subtitle: the path towards abolition
By: Aimé Muyoboke Karimunda, Supreme Court of the Republic of Rwanda and the University of Rwanda
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9781472415349; 9781472415356; 9781472415363
Subjects: Capital punishment
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-211) and index.
Table of contents: title: General introduction; title: The death penalty : ideas and practice in pre-colonial Africa; title: The death penalty during the period of peaceful legal influences in Africa; title: The death penalty as a colonial policy in Africa; title: The death penalty as a political instrument in Africa; title: Concluding remarks on de facto abolition in Africa.