Introduction 1
1. Challenging existing paradigms 10
2. Issues of theory and method 54
3. Punishment rationales in a comparative context 96
4. Discretionary power and sentencing 125
5. Procedural justice and due process 148
6. Deconstructing evidence for sentencing 169
7. Access to justice, rights and accountability 213
8. Sentencing and legitimacy in France and Italy 248
9. Punishment and sentencing as governance 295
References 320
Index 343