"Provides introduction to the principles of sentencing and their application, and a full analyses of the Sentencing Act 2002. Topics such as the purposes of sentencing, the circumstances of the offence and the offender, appeals against sentence, and bail etc. are covered"--Publisher's information.

This new edition of Sentencing Law and Practice provides judges and practitioners with a comprehensive and reliable analysis of Irish sentencing law, with particular emphasis on general principles, It also analyses all recent legislation and its implications for sentencing practice. Extensive use is made of comparative law for illustrative purposes. Key Features * A clear and comprehensive account of Irish sentencing law and practice * Analyses all relevant legislation and case law. * Incorporates relevant comparative material from other jurisdictions * New and extended treatment of general principles, mitigating factors and aggravating factors. * Discusses relevant case law of the European Court of Human Rights as well as new EU directives. New to this edition * A completely revised and rewritten edition of this standard work * A detailed analysis of recent guideline judgments of the Court of Criminal Appeal * Comprehensive coverage of legislation and case law on the suspended sentence, fines and community service * New chapters and sections on firearms offences, fraud offences and white-collar crime. * A strong comparative approach with extensive reference to case law from other jurisdictions * Draws on recent social science research on youth offending and related matters. Author Thomas O Malley is a Senior Lecturer in Law at NUI Galway, a practising barrister and a member of the Law Reform Commission. He has published widely in the fields of criminal law and criminal justice

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Four leading sentencing scholars have produced the first and only text with enough up-to-date material to support a full course or seminar on sentencing. Other texts offer only partial coverage or out-of-date examples. The chapters in Sentencing Law and Policy: Cases, Statutes, and Guidelines present examples from three distinct types of sentencing guideline-determinate, and capital. The materials draw on the full spectrum of legal institutions, from the U.S. Supreme Court To The state court level, with close consideration of the role of legislatures and sentencing commissions. The only current, full-course text on sentencing, this new title offers: an 'intuitive', conceptually-based organization that looks at the essential substantative components and procedural steps following the sequence of decisions that typically occurs in every criminal sentencing examples covering three distinct areas of sentencing, with chapter materials based on guideline-determinate, indeterminate, and capital sentencing materials from a range of institutions, including decision from the U.S. Supreme Court, state high courts, federal appellate courts, and some foreign jurisdictions - along with statutes and guideline provisions, and reports from various sentencing commissions and agencies in-text notes on sentencing policies that explain common practices in U.S. jurisdictions, then ask students to compare different institutional practices and consider the relationship between sentencing rules, politics, And The broader aims of criminal justice

Crimes and Punishments: Entering the Mind of a Sentencing Judge provides a cross-section of different crimes for which Judge Frederic Block sentenced a convicted criminal.