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Structuring discretion: sentencing in a jurisic age

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posted on 2024-11-14, 05:09 authored by Donna Spears
NSW Court of Criminal Appeal in R v Jurisic announced the issuing of guideline judgments in appropriate cases - role of guideline judgments and reasons for its introduction - Court responding to public opinion regarding sentences - possibility of eroding judicial independence and undermining discretion - dangers in the guidelines themselves.

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Spears, D 1999, 'Structuring discretion: sentencing in a jurisic age' University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 295-301.

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UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES LAW JOURNAL

Volume

22

Issue

1

Pagination

295-301

Language

English

RIS ID

23485

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