Judging Discretion

Sarah M. R. Cravens, University of Akron School of Law

Abstract

This paper was delivered in October as the inaugural Hon. Stephanie K. Seymour Lecture at the University of Tulsa College of Law. The lecture addresses the issue of finding a meaningful definition of discretion in judicial decisionmaking, using the lens of current issues in federal sentencing law as a working example for the review of discretion in practice.