Executive Clemency

Comparative and Empirical Perspectives
Herausgeber: Pascoe, Daniel; Novak, Andrew

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Produktbeschreibung

This book relays the latest state of knowledge on the topic and employs case studies, doctrinal legal analysis, historical research, and statements by clemency decision-making authorities, in explaining why clemency varies so considerably across global legal and political systems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 582g
• ISBN-13: 9780367243579
• ISBN-10: 0367243571
• Artikelnr.: 59992237

Autorenporträt

Daniel Pascoe is Associate Professor of Law at the School of Law, City University of Hong Kong. He is the author of Last Chance for Life: Clemency in Southeast Asian Death Penalty Cases (Oxford University Press 2019). He holds a DPhil in Law from the University of Oxford. Andrew Novak is Term Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law, and Society at George Mason University, and is the author of six books, including Comparative Executive Clemency (Routledge 2015). He holds a PhD in Law from Middlesex University.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword;
Leslie Sebba;
1. Executive Clemency: A Ubiquitous Part of the Constitutional Scheme;
Daniel Pascoe and Andrew Novak;
2. Clemency for Death Penalty Cases under International Law and Standards:
Has the Tide Changed?;
Chiara Sangiorgio;
3. Separation of Powers and Executive Clemency in the Civil Law World: A
Comparative Study;
Sonsoles Arias and Antonios Kouroutakis;
4. Rethinking Amnesty and Clemency in Countries in Transition: A
Comparative Analysis of Laws and Practices in Countries of the Former
Yugoslavia;
Nedad Smailagi¿;
5. Remedying Wrongful Conviction: Comparisons between the Royal Prerogative
of Mercy in England and Wales and Clemency in the USA;
Sarah L Cooper and Hannah Burrows;
6. Mercy Litigation in the Commonwealth Caribbean; Arif Bulkan;
7. Secret Jurisprudence: Decision Making on Capital Clemency Petitions in
India;
Bikramjeet Batra;
8. Executive Clemency in Capital Cases: Inadequate Laws and Inactive
Practice in Contemporary China;
Moulin Xiong;
9. Emerging Trends and Best Practices in Comparative Clemency;
Andrew Novak and Daniel Pascoe;
Appendix: Global Constitutional Provisions on Executive Clemency;