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Penalties of Empire
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An eye-opening study of the evolution of the death penalty in Hong Kong. "We must have a procedure, if we are going to hang anyone, that is just," said Chief Justice Sir Francis Piggott in 1909 on discovering that Chinese persons accused of murder were being denied interpretation in Hong Kong's courts. Due process, no matter how costly or inconvenient, was "one of the penalties of empire," he declared. Penalties of Empire explores how judges, juries, and lawyers strove to deliver justice durin…
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- Author: Christopher Munn
- Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
- ISBN-10: 9888876880
- ISBN-13: 9789888876884
- Format: 18 x 26 x 3.8 cm, kieti viršeliai
- Language: English
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An eye-opening study of the evolution of the death penalty in Hong Kong. "We must have a procedure, if we are going to hang anyone, that is just," said Chief Justice Sir Francis Piggott in 1909 on discovering that Chinese persons accused of murder were being denied interpretation in Hong Kong's courts. Due process, no matter how costly or inconvenient, was "one of the penalties of empire," he declared. Penalties of Empire explores how judges, juries, and lawyers strove to deliver justice during the 150 years when the death penalty was in force throughout Hong Kong. Nine main chapters focus on key capital trials in the first century of British rule. Among the cases are piracies, assassinations, crimes of passion, and murders committed from desperation. These chapters describe the proceedings and participants in court. They also examine the public debates surrounding each case and the exercise of mercy by governors. Two final chapters discuss the decline of the death penalty after World War II, its suspension after 1966, and the controversies leading to its formal abolition in 1993. Penalties of Empire traces the evolution of criminal justice at its highest levels. It also offers a prism for understanding some of the broader forces at work in Hong Kong's history.EXTRA 10 % discount with code: EXTRA
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- Author: Christopher Munn
- Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
- ISBN-10: 9888876880
- ISBN-13: 9789888876884
- Format: 18 x 26 x 3.8 cm, kieti viršeliai
- Language: English English
An eye-opening study of the evolution of the death penalty in Hong Kong. "We must have a procedure, if we are going to hang anyone, that is just," said Chief Justice Sir Francis Piggott in 1909 on discovering that Chinese persons accused of murder were being denied interpretation in Hong Kong's courts. Due process, no matter how costly or inconvenient, was "one of the penalties of empire," he declared. Penalties of Empire explores how judges, juries, and lawyers strove to deliver justice during the 150 years when the death penalty was in force throughout Hong Kong. Nine main chapters focus on key capital trials in the first century of British rule. Among the cases are piracies, assassinations, crimes of passion, and murders committed from desperation. These chapters describe the proceedings and participants in court. They also examine the public debates surrounding each case and the exercise of mercy by governors. Two final chapters discuss the decline of the death penalty after World War II, its suspension after 1966, and the controversies leading to its formal abolition in 1993. Penalties of Empire traces the evolution of criminal justice at its highest levels. It also offers a prism for understanding some of the broader forces at work in Hong Kong's history.
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