Imposing penal law in a colonial territory: the difficult trajectory of the death penalty in British Somaliland (1920-1960)
Klein, Louise
Imposing penal law in a colonial territory: the difficult trajectory of the death penalty in British Somaliland (1920-1960) - 2024.
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This article seeks to explore the tensions surrounding the death penalty by looking at correspondence between the British administrators of Somaliland and the Colonial Office. Introduced at quite a late stage, the death penalty quickly provoked disputes and criticisms throughout the colonial society and became the center of a dynamic to reform the local penal system. Having proved difficult to implement, it raises questions regarding the power of the colonial administration to apply penal law to colonized populations.
Imposing penal law in a colonial territory: the difficult trajectory of the death penalty in British Somaliland (1920-1960) - 2024.
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This article seeks to explore the tensions surrounding the death penalty by looking at correspondence between the British administrators of Somaliland and the Colonial Office. Introduced at quite a late stage, the death penalty quickly provoked disputes and criticisms throughout the colonial society and became the center of a dynamic to reform the local penal system. Having proved difficult to implement, it raises questions regarding the power of the colonial administration to apply penal law to colonized populations.
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