Bharat Malkani

Slavery and the Death Penalty

A Study in Abolition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explains how the course of abolitionism, and the strategies and tactics of the anti-death penalty movement, have been shaped and influenced by the history of slavery and abolition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780367899035
• ISBN-10: 0367899035
• Artikelnr.: 60003726

Autorenporträt

Dr Bharat Malkani researches and teaches in the field of capital punishment, and human rights and criminal justice more broadly. He is a member of the International Academic Network for the Abolition of Capital Punishment, and prior to joining academia he helped co-ordinate efforts to abolish the death penalty for persons under the age of 18 in America.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: The death penalty in the era of slavery
Chapter 2: Capital punishment and the legacy of slavery: 1865-1976
Chapter 3: The legacy of slavery in capital punishment since 1976
Chapter 4: Abolitionism defined
Chapter 5: Radical abolitionist constitutionalism
Chapter 6: The experiential abolitionist
Chapter 7: Abolitionism and "alternatives"
Chapter 8: Non-complicity and abolitionism: from fugitive slaves to lethal
injections
Chapter 9: A peculiar abolition