Fear of Judging

Fear of Judging
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 302
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ISBN-10 : 0226774864
ISBN-13 : 9780226774862
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Fear of Judging by : Kate Stith

Download or read book Fear of Judging written by Kate Stith and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1998-10 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For two centuries, federal judges exercised wide discretion in criminal sentencing. In 1987 a complex bureaucratic apparatus termed Sentencing "Guidelines" was imposed on federal courts. FEAR OF JUDGING is the first full-scale history, analysis, and critique of the new sentencing regime, arguing that it sacrifices comprehensibility and common sense.


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