Exemptions from mandatory minimum penalties : recent developments in selected countries / Yvon Dandurand ; with Ruben Timmerman and Tracee Mathison-Midgley.: J2-431/2016E-PDF

“In 2012, a report was prepared for the Uniform Law Conference of Canada Working Group studying the question on Exemptions from Mandatory Minimum Penalties (Dandurand, 2012). The report examined the application of mandatory minimum penalties and reviewed the experience of several jurisdictions where exceptions to, or other forms of relief from, the application of such mandatory minimum penalties had been provided by law. Most specifically, the report presented a brief comparative analysis of legal provisions permitting a court in appropriate circumstances to provide relief from the imposition of certain mandatory minimum penalties where the imposition of such custodial sentences would result in an unjust sentence. The following year, the Uniform Law Conference of Canada (Criminal Section) published its own report on the issue (Uniform Law Conference of Canada, 2013). The present report updates the 2012 study, highlights the application of mandatory minimum penalties and reviews the experience of selected jurisdictions where exemptions or other forms of relief have been instituted”--Intro., p. 3.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Department of Justice.
Title Exemptions from mandatory minimum penalties : recent developments in selected countries / Yvon Dandurand ; with Ruben Timmerman and Tracee Mathison-Midgley.
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Exceptions aux peines minimales obligatoires : Les développements récents dans certains pays.
Cover title.
"March 2016."
Issued also in HTML format.
Authors' affiliations: School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of the Fraser Valley and International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy.
Includes bibliographical references.
Publishing information [Ottawa] : Department of Justice Canada, c2017.
Author / Contributor Dandurand, Yvon,1950-
Timmerman, Ruben.
Mathison-Midgley, Tracee.
Description 55 p.
ISBN 978-0-660-06367-6
Catalogue number
  • J2-431/2016E-PDF
Subject terms Criminal justice
Court decisions
Exemption
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