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Penalties of Empire: Capital Trials in Colonial Hong Kong

Penalties of Empire: Capital Trials in Colonial Hong Kong

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Format: Hardback
Length: 420 pages
Publication date: 22 April 2025
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

Penalties of Empire explores justice in Hong Kong during 150 years of the death penalty. Chief Justice Sir Francis Piggott emphasized due process in 1909. The book focuses on key trials, public debates, and mercy exercises. It covers the decline, suspension in 1966, and abolition in 1993, tracing criminal justice evolution.

Weight: 962g
Dimension: 186 x 262 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789888876884

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