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PROBLEMS IN THE EVOLUTION OF CRIMINAL POLICY IN SENEGAL SINCE INDEPENDENCE

NCJ Number
36279
Journal
Archives de Politique Criminelle Issue: 1 Dated: (1975) Pages: 179-212
Author(s)
G RIVES
Date Published
1975
Length
34 pages
Annotation
REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THE CRIMINAL CODE AND CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE IN 1965 SHOWING THAT SENEGALESE LEGISLATION IS NOT SIMPLY A COPY OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE LEGISLATION OF THE FORMER FRENCH COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION.
Abstract
THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRIMINAL POLICY AND LEGISLATION IN SENEGAL REPRESENTS AN ORIGINAL ADAPTATION OF THE FORMER COLONIAL LEGAL SYSTEM TO THE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES OF A NATION IN THE PROCESS OF SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT. INCLUDED IS A BIBLIOGRAPHY ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN SENEGAL. --IN FRENCH