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The Uses of Discretion

Paperback • 1995 • English

The Uses of Discretion

By Keith Hawkins

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About the book

Discretion is a pervasive phenomenon in legal systems. It is of concern to lawyers because it can be a force for justice or injustice: at once a means of advancing the broad purposes of law and of subventing them. For social scientists the discretion exercised by legal actors is an important form of decision-making behaviour, in which legal rules are merely one force in a field of pressures and constraints that push towards certain courses of action or inaction. This book presents a variety o...Show more

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9780198259503

Published year

1995

Language

English

Original title

The Uses of Discretion

Format

Paperback

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