{"product_id":"criminal-sentencing-as-practical-wisdom-graeme-brown-9781509933068","title":"Criminal Sentencing as Practical Wisdom","description":"How do judges sentence? In particular, how important is judicial discretion in sentencing? Sentencing guidelines are often said to promote consistency, but is consistency in sentencing achievable or even desirable? Whilst the passing of a sentence is arguably the most public stage of the criminal justice process, there have been few attempts to examine judicial perceptions of, and attitudes towards, the sentencing process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough interviews with Scottish judges and by presenting a comprehensive review and analysis of recent scholarship on sentencing - including a comparative study of UK, Irish and Commonwealth sentencing jurisprudence - this book explores these issues to present a systematic theory of sentencing. Through an integration of the concept of equity as particularised justice, the Aristotelian concept of \u003ci\u003ephronesis\u003c\/i\u003e (or 'practical wisdom'), the concept of value pluralism, and the focus of appellate courts throughout the Commonwealth on sentencing by way of 'instinctive synthesis', it is argued that judicial sentencing methodology is best viewed in terms of a \u003ci\u003ephronetic\u003c\/i\u003e synthesis of the relevant facts and circumstances of the particular case. The author concludes that sentencing is best conceptualised as a form of case-orientated, concrete and intuitive decision making; one that seeks individualisation through judicial recognition of the profoundly contextualised nature of the process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Graeme Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1509933069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509933068\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.62d","brand":"Graeme Brown","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935428149503,"sku":"9781509933068","price":60.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9bffa791-2916-47d4-8844-d570849d820e.jpg?v=1681419739","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/criminal-sentencing-as-practical-wisdom-graeme-brown-9781509933068","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}