Justifying Punishment

Perspectives from Post-Communist Europe
Herausgeber: Drapal, Jakub

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Produktbeschreibung

This book develops principles of proper sentence justification, presents results of comparative empirical study on sentence justifications in post-communist countries and provides practical measures to improve the current situation. It determines why reasoning is relevant and provides evidence favouring an increased role for justification.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 124
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 138mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9781032722641
• ISBN-10: 1032722649
• Artikelnr.: 71640800

Autorenporträt

Jakub Drápal is a researcher at the Institute of State and Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czechia; an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law, Charles University, Czechia; and a MSCA-CZ fellow at Leiden University, the Netherlands.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Reasons for (and against) justifying sentences
3. Three Stages of Reason-Giving: Identification, Evaluation and Weighing
4. Sentence justification in first-level courts in post-communist Europe
5. Justifying Sentence Changes at Appellate Courts
6. A Review of Sentence Justification: The case of the Netherlands
7. Towards proper sentence justification