Books by Andrew Novak

This book provides a comparative constitutional analysis of executive clemency, with a focus on death penalty cases. Comparative executive clemency has never been the subject of a full-length comparative constitutional analysis, and the breadth of jurisdictions contained in this book-encompassing the entire English-speaking world-provides a full range of cultural and political variations in the level of deference given to executive decision-making.

Although the influence and opinions of political elites, civil society, and the general public vary widely, the death penalty is universally in decline throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. This book explores the African contribution to the global death penalty debate and lessons for the international death penalty abolition movement.

This book provides a comparative constitutional analysis of executive clemency, with a focus on death penalty cases. Comparative executive clemency has never been the subject of a full-length comparative constitutional analysis, and the breadth of jurisdictions contained in this book¿encompassing the entire English-speaking world¿provides a full range of cultural and political variations in the level of deference given to executive decision-making.

Historically the death penalty was mandatory for the crime of murder and other violent felonies, in accordance with English common law. Over the last three decades many former British colonies have reformed their capital punishment regimes to permit judicial sentencing discretion, including consideration of mitigating factors.

This book is about the International Criminal Court (ICC), a new and highly distinctive criminal justice institution with the ability to prosecute the highest-level government officials, including heads of state, even in countries that have not accepted its jurisdiction.