What 'Rules' in Sentencing? Consistency and Disparity in the Absence of 'Rules'

International Journal of the Sociology of Law

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 339-364

  Tata, Cyrus ^a   Hutton, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032362177     PISSN: 01946595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijsl.1998.0070     Document Type: Article

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