1st Edition
Justifying Punishment Perspectives from Post-Communist Europe
List of contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction, Jakub Drápal
2. Reasons for (and against) justifying sentences, Jakub Drápal
3. Three Stages of Reason-Giving: Identification, Evaluation and Weighing, Pauline Schuyt, Jakub Drápal
4. Sentence justification in first-level courts in post-communist Europe, Jakub Drápal, Augustina Bolocan-Holban, Jaan Ginter, Mojca Plesničar, Kristýna Tomšů, Mihaela Vidaicu
5. Justifying Sentence Changes at Appellate Courts, Jakub Drápal, Tomáš Vanča
6. A Review of Sentence Justification: The case of the Netherlands, Sonja Meijer
7. Towards proper sentence justification, Jakub Drápal
Biography
Jakub Drápal is a researcher at the Institute of State and Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czechia; an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law, Charles University, Czechia; and a MSCA-CZ fellow at Leiden University, the Netherlands.
"In addition to offering much-needed insight into sentencing policy and practice in Post-Communist Europe, this volume makes an important contribution to promoting better sentence justification. The chapters will be of interest to scholars and practitioners around the world."
Professor Julian V. Roberts, K.C. (Hon.), Oxford University
"This book provides the most valuable contribution to the discussion of judicial justifications of sentences in terms of the diagnosis of its nature, and proposals regarding proper approach to solving it."
Professor Krzysztof Krajewski, Jagiellonian University in Kraków
