Search Results - "Capital punishment"
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Constitutional, philosophical and historical perspectives of the capital punishment debate in Australia and the United States
Published 2012“…Capital punishment has been abolished in all Australian States. …”
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Oh Comrade, What Times those Were! History, Capital Punishment and the Urban Square.
Published 2006“…For what is omitted from the scope of these conventional historical visions and their ideal and conforming subjects of public spatial discourse, is an entire array of other and darker narratives that equally speak of personal choice, collective participation and cultural value. Capital punishment reflects such an example, a practice that once comprised an integral part of the political, social and cultural landscape of a Western city's squares and streets. …”
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Diyah (Blood Money) as Substitution to Capital Punishment: An Attempt Towards Harmonisation Between Shari‘ah and Malaysian Penal Code
Published 2012“…The Islamic Criminal Law (ICL) and The Malaysian Penal Code (MPC) provide capital punishment for cases of intentional murder. Both legal systems also recognised pardon in certain cases. …”
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Capital punishment for drug offenders in Malaysia: balancing between human rights and utilitarian rationales / Aizuddin Sapian ... [et al.]
Published 2009“…Many countries in Asia, including Malaysia, impose the death penalty for nonviolent crimes, including drug related crimes. Capital punishment is irrevocable and can be inflicted on the innocent. …”
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Enforcement of capital punishment: legal issues in eliminating drug trafficking / Nasreen Miza Hilmy Nasrijal and Ekmil Krisnawati Erlen Joni
Published 2016“…Drug trafficking in Malaysia is punishable with a mandatory capital punishment. To convict a person for drug trafficking is a laborious task for the prosecution. …”
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Scottish criminal courts, the (c.1747-1850)
Published 2017“…Among their topics are blasphemy, the Bow Street runners, capital punishment in England and Wales, discharged prisoners' aid societies, first-wave feminism, indentured labor, lethal violence in Scotland, medical testimony in the judicial sphere, police court missionaries, the respectable criminal, slavery in the Americas, the criminal underworld, white-collar crime, and workhouse children.…”
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Sentencing criminals / Maznah Kamaruddin
Published 1987“…This may include probation, without or with specified restrictions on the behaviour of the defendant, imposition of a fine, capital punishment, commitment under a special statue such as as sexual psychopath law, work assignments restitution to the victim, corporal punishment, incarceration or a combination of forms of punishments…”
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Remarks on subversive performance at the trial of Giulio Cesare Vanini (1618-19)
Published 2015“…It argues that Vanini's final actions were subversive acts of rebellion and libertinage against Catholic authority during the typically politicized capital punishment of an atheist. By examining accounts of his public and private speech and the reliability of contemporary sources, it demonstrates how Vanini allowed his mask of conformity to drop at his execution in order to enjoy a final moment of freethinking which justifies his contemporary and modern-day reputation as a libertin author and thinker.…”
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Penyalahgunaan dadah dan kewajaran peruntukan hukuman berat ke atas penagih dan pengedar dadah di Malaysia: satu analisis
Published 2010“…This paper will investigate Islamic rulings for drug abuse and drug trafficking and the justifications for imposing capital punishment for the drug trafficker. …”
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Outside the gate: sub-urban legal practices in early medieval England
Published 2013“…Many aspects of English early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) legal landscapes can be discerned in archaeological and toponymic evidence, ranging from the locations of legislative councils and judicial assemblies to sites of capital punishment. Among the corpus of such sites a striking group can be detected at the periphery of urban spaces. …”
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The continuing debate on death penalty: an exposition of international, Malaysian and the shari'ah perspective
Published 2015“…Thus, the experience of each country may contribute to the status of this capital punishment; some countries are still retaining it, while some others have repealed the punishment. …”
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Domestic inquiry in the private sector / Libat Langub
Published 1982“…Perhaps the reason lies in the fact that when an employee is dismissed by the Management he loses his livelihood and losing a job is almost tantamount to capital punishment. Thus, it is pertinent to examine the scope of disciplinary actions and proceedings.…”
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A study on the suitability of the death penalty on women offenders in Malaysia / Jazmin Yaacob … [et al.]
Published 2009“…In this study, we will look at the history of the death penalty, offenses which will result in the imposition of the capital punishment, feminist point of view on the death penalty imposed on women offenders, number of women offenders in our country facing the death row, existing legislation concerning women offenders, whether death penalty acts as a mechanism of deterrence for women offenders and whether other form of punishment could be introduced to replace the imposition of the controversial death penalty on women offenders.…”
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Revisiting the role of a Mufti¯ in the criminal justice system in Africa: a critical appraisal of the apostasy case of Mariam Yahia Ibrahim
Published 2015“…For apostasy issues, there is a kind of link established between this offence and treasonable felony in Islamic legal discourse, which might warrant capital punishment. Having reviewed these diverse positions, the article finds that Islamic legal principles and maxims contain numerous principles that should guide the judge in arriving at a decision, particularly when it relates to such a serious offence. …”
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حديث «من بدل دينه فاقتلوه» إشكاليته وحلوله بين المتقدمين والمتأخرين = Problem and Solution on the Ḥadīth "Whoever changes his religion, kill him": A Study of the Approaches of Tr...
Published 2017“…It is, however, incumbent upon the ruler to compare the situation of capital punishment with another scenario of delaying it, which may be helpful to achieve any benefit. …”
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