Slavery and the Death Penalty

A Study in Abolition

Bharat Malkani

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Routledge
23 May 2018

History of the Americas; Slavery & abolition of slavery; Ethical issues: capital punishment; Legal history

Series: Law, Justice and Power

It has long been acknowledged that the death penalty in the United States of America has been shaped by the country’s history of slavery and racial violence, but this book considers the lesser-explored relationship between the two practices’ respective abolitionist movements. The book explains how the historical and conceptual links between slavery and capital punishment have both helped and hindered efforts to end capital punishment. The comparative study also sheds light on the nature of such efforts, and offers lessons for how death penalty abolitionism should proceed in future. Using the history of slavery and abolition, it is argued that anti-death penalty efforts should be premised on the ideologies of the radical slavery abolitionists.

By: Bharat Malkani
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9781472452740
ISBN 10: 1472452747
Series: Law, Justice and Power
Pages: 242
Publication Date: 23 May 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"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"

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.

Reviews for Slavery and the Death Penalty: A Study in Abolition

'Bharat Malkani, tying together similarities and differences between slavery and capital punishment, provides an important in-depth examination of the connections between the efforts to abolish those practices. Slavery and the Death Penalty is a timely book about America's legacy of racial violence and how that legacy created the foundation of the modern U.S. death penalty. Malkani uses historical analysis and an appeal to human dignity to provide essential lessons for those interested in human rights and the future of America's practice of executing prisoners.' Jeffrey L. Kirchmeier, CUNY School of Law, USA