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Eliminating Circuit-Split Disparities In Federal Sentencing Under The Post-Booker Guidelines, Elliot Edwards Apr 2017

Eliminating Circuit-Split Disparities In Federal Sentencing Under The Post-Booker Guidelines, Elliot Edwards

Indiana Law Journal

This Note will explore the rarely discussed consequences that result when courts of appeals freely interpret the Sentencing Guidelines. This Note will not address appellate review of sentences in general, nor will it discuss disparities caused by trial courts. Instead, the discussion below will address a very specific situation, namely when a court of appeals vacates a sentence because, in its estimation, the trial court misapplied the Guidelines. Part I will relate the history of the recent sentencing re-form movement in America, noting particularly which bodies have the authority to decide sentencing policy. Part II will then analyze the interpretive …


The Limits Of A Scientific Jurisprudence: The Supreme Court And Psychology, J. Alexander Tanford Jan 1990

The Limits Of A Scientific Jurisprudence: The Supreme Court And Psychology, J. Alexander Tanford

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Sources Of Judicial Distrust Of Social Science Evidence: A Comparison Of Social Science And Jurisprudence, Constance R. Lindman Jul 1989

Sources Of Judicial Distrust Of Social Science Evidence: A Comparison Of Social Science And Jurisprudence, Constance R. Lindman

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


On Law And Justice, By Alf Ross, Samuel I. Shuman Apr 1960

On Law And Justice, By Alf Ross, Samuel I. Shuman

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Some Potentialities Of Experimental Jurisprudence As A New Branch Of Social Science, By Frederick K. Beutel, Saul Mendlovitz Apr 1959

Some Potentialities Of Experimental Jurisprudence As A New Branch Of Social Science, By Frederick K. Beutel, Saul Mendlovitz

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.