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The death penalty in Africa : the path towards abolition / Aimé Muyoboke Karimunda, Supreme Court of the Republic of Rwanda and the University of Rwanda.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Karimunda, Aimé Muyoboke, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capital punishment--Africa.
- Capital punishment.
- Executions (Law)--Africa.
- Executions (Law).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxx, 221 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2014]
- Contents:
- General introduction
- The death penalty : ideas and practice in pre-colonial Africa
- The death penalty during the period of peaceful legal influences in Africa
- The death penalty as a colonial policy in Africa
- The death penalty as a political instrument in Africa
- Concluding remarks on de facto abolition in Africa.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-211) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781315615332 (electronic bk.)
- 1315615339 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 99992172865
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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