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Article Formation of Instructions on the Imposition of Punishment as a Promising Direction for Improving Punitive Policy in the States of the European Continental System of Law
Authors Babanly R.
Name of magazine Legal journal «Law of Ukraine» (Ukrainian version)
Issue 9 / 2017
Pages 205 - 212
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The article examines whether the grounds for implementation of sentencing guidelines in the states in continental law system that have proven effective in some countries with Anglo-Saxon legal system. On the basis of the objectives and the arguments used to justify the need to introduce that such guidelines had shown that these objectives are the same, regardless of the legal system, namely overcoming unjustified difference in punishment. The article proved and argues in favor of that formation of the sentencing guidelines is the direction that should be considered as perspective for solving the problems that characterize modern penal policy of the state.

Keywords punishment, sentencing, sentencing guidelines, criminal liability, penal policy, penology
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