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Judicial discretion in sentencing: contrasting reform in foreign jurisdictions with the South African system
President Nelson Mandela, in his opening address to Parliament, highlighted the fact that there are certain areas in the criminal justice system, which warrant considerable attention. It is the submission of this dissertation that the one such area is the unfettered discretion exhibited by judges in...
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| description | President Nelson Mandela, in his opening address to Parliament, highlighted the fact that there are certain areas in the criminal justice system, which warrant considerable attention. It is the submission of this dissertation that the one such area is the unfettered discretion exhibited by judges in sentencing practice. This problem is not inherent to South Africa. It plagues the criminal justice systems of numerous other countries. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/38422 Judicial discretion in sentencing: contrasting reform in foreign jurisdictions with the South African system Biggs, Meaka Van Zyl Smit, D Law President Nelson Mandela, in his opening address to Parliament, highlighted the fact that there are certain areas in the criminal justice system, which warrant considerable attention. It is the submission of this dissertation that the one such area is the unfettered discretion exhibited by judges in sentencing practice. This problem is not inherent to South Africa. It plagues the criminal justice systems of numerous other countries. 2023-09-06T17:48:34Z 2023-09-06T17:48:34Z 1999 2023-09-06T17:47:56Z Master Thesis Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38422 eng application/pdf Institute of Criminology Faculty of Law |
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| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Judicial discretion in sentencing: contrasting reform in foreign jurisdictions with the South African system |
| title_full | Judicial discretion in sentencing: contrasting reform in foreign jurisdictions with the South African system |
| title_fullStr | Judicial discretion in sentencing: contrasting reform in foreign jurisdictions with the South African system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Judicial discretion in sentencing: contrasting reform in foreign jurisdictions with the South African system |
| title_short | Judicial discretion in sentencing: contrasting reform in foreign jurisdictions with the South African system |
| title_sort | judicial discretion in sentencing contrasting reform in foreign jurisdictions with the south african system |
| topic | Law |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38422 |
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