RT Review
T1 [Rezension von: Strange, Carolyn, 1959-, Discretionary justice]
JF Crime, histoire & sociétés
VO 24
IS 1
SP 146
OP 148
A1 Miller, Wilbur R. 1944-
A2 Strange, Carolyn 1959-
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1859459781
AB At least since Caesare Beccaria’s time, critics have attacked the power of a sovereign or head of state to pardon or reduce the punishment of people convicted of crimes. They charge that clemency diminishes the certainty of punishment and places the ruler outside of the rule of law. Carolyn Strange’s general theme is this quest for certainty in criminal justice and retention of discretionary punishment. Certainty of punishment within the rule of law was a major principle of Enlightenment thou...
K1 Rezension
DO 10.4000/chs.2747