The Timing of Guilty Pleas: Lessons from Common Law Jurisdictions - Tapa blanda

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9781009158619: The Timing of Guilty Pleas: Lessons from Common Law Jurisdictions
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ISBN 10: 1009158619 ISBN 13: 9781009158619
Editorial: Cambridge University Press, 2025

Sinopsis

While guilty pleas are the primary mode of criminal case dispositions across different legal jurisdictions, this topic remains an understudied area. The assumption is that defendants are 'playing the system' and that a sliding scale of sentence discounts is necessary to encourage early guilty pleas, which offer utilitarian benefits of efficiency. These assumptions lack a solid empirical foundation. This book offers a comprehensive investigation of how the timing of guilty pleas affects various facets of the criminal process, from the factors that affect this timing, to the effects that the sliding scale of sentence discounts have on sentences and public opinions about them. It also draws comparisons between Western and Asian legal systems, specifically those of England and Wales and Hong Kong. This book is addressed to scholars, legal practitioners, policymakers and those interested in criminal justice, socio-legal studies and empirical legal research.

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Kevin Kwok-yin Cheng is Associate Professor and Assistant Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has published widely about guilty pleas, plea bargaining, procedural justice and sentencing. He is co-author of The Hong Kong Legal System (second edition) (Cambridge, 2020).

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Editorial
Cambridge University Press
Año de publicación
2025
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1009158619
ISBN 13 
9781009158619
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Número de páginas
230
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