The Limits of the law - Ashleigh Shaheen

sentencing perpetrators of atrocious crime

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This book examines the sentencing practices of the ICTY and ICTR, comparing their normative guidelines and jurisprudence to answer the following questions:

1. Is there enough consistency in sentencing to substantiate the emergence of a guideline through jurisprudence?
2. What elements should contribute to the structure of a universal sentencing guideline?
3. What penological goals should be met through sentencing?

The answers to these questions will be discussed in the context of an emerging criminology specific to international criminal law, taking into account the difference in the mentality of perpetrators of mass atrocity at the level of planning versus the level of commission. The goals of punishment will be discussed at both of these levels, evaluating their effectiveness in aiding the justice process after mass atrocity. Sentencing procedures will also be evaluated against the core mandate of the tribunal as well as against the recognized purposes of punishment. Is sentencing practice consistent with the...
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2011Uitgever: WLP56 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 9058507270ISBN-13: 9789058507273

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