Discretionary Justice¶
Davis, K. C. (1969). Discretionary Justice: A Preliminary Inquiry. Louisiana State University Press.
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Primes¶
- Discretion
- The classic statement comes from Kenneth Culp Davis (1969), who defined discretion as existing "whenever the effective limits on [an official's] power leave him free to make a choice among possible courses of action or inaction"—locating discretion precisely in the space the rule declines to close.
This sourceDefines discretion as existing wherever effective limits on an official's power leave a free choice among courses of action; argues unstructured discretion drifts toward arbitrariness; advances the confine-structure-check reform program.
- The classic statement comes from Kenneth Culp Davis (1969), who defined discretion as existing "whenever the effective limits on [an official's] power leave him free to make a choice among possible courses of action or inaction"—locating discretion precisely in the space the rule declines to close.
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