Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Introduction / Colin Munro and Martin Wasik -- Judicial independence and judicial functions / Colin Munro -- The judicial role in Northern Ireland / Sean Doran and John D. Jackson -- Providing a legislative framework for sentencing / John Halliday -- The Criminal Justice Act 1991 / Andrew Ashworth -- The key compromises of the federal sentencing guidelines / Stephen Breyer -- Judges and sentencing policy : the American experience / Michael Tonry -- The Judicial Studies Board / Lord Justice Glidewell -- Rethinking information and advice for sentencers / Martin Wasik -- Sentencing in the magistrates' court / A.J. Turner -- Sentencing guidance and judicial training in Australia / Austin Lovegrove. |