{"product_id":"fear-of-judging-kate-stith-9780226774862","title":"Fear of Judging: Sentencing Guidelines in the Federal Courts","description":"For two centuries, federal judges exercised wide discretion in criminal sentencing. This changed in 1987, when a hopelessly complex bureaucratic apparatus was imposed on the federal courts. Though termed Sentencing \"Guidelines,\" the new sentencing rules are mandatory. Reformers hoped that the Sentencing Guidelines would address inequities in sentencing. The Guidelines have failed to achieve this goal, according to Kate Stith and José Cabranes, and they have sacrificed comprehensibility and common sense. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFear of Judging\u003c\/i\u003e is the first full-scale history, analysis, and critique of the new sentencing regime. The authors show that the present system has burdened the courts, dehumanized the sentencing process, and, by repressing judicial discretion, eroded the constitutional balance of powers. Eschewing ideological or politically oriented critiques of the Guidelines and offering alternatives to the current system, Stith and Cabranes defend a vision of justice that requires judges to perform what has traditionally been considered their central task--exercising judgment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kate Stith, José a. Cabranes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226774864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226774862\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.98w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/1998","brand":"Kate Stith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056657985791,"sku":"9780226774862","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_531a011d-cab7-44c2-a0be-37e7aa4b0ab1.jpg?v=1685042544","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fear-of-judging-kate-stith-9780226774862","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}