Taking Wealth Seriously: European Practice with Day Fines (Conference) (2019 : Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam School of Law)
Title:
Day fines in Europe : assessing income-based sanctions in criminal justice systems / edited by Elena Kantorowicz-Reznichenko, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Michael Faure, Maastricht University ; with the cooperation of Marianne Breijer, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
"Drafts of the chapters were presented at an international conference organised at Erasmus School of Law Rotterdam on 26 June 2019"--ECIP acknowledgements. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction / Elena Kantorowicz-Reznichenko and Michael Faure -- Theoretical perspectives on day fines / Elena Kantorowicz-Reznichenko -- Day fines in Finland / Raimo Lahti -- Day fines in Sweden / Jacob Oberg -- Day fines in Denmark / Thomas Elholm -- Day fines in Germany / Hans-Joerg Albrecht -- Day fines in Austria / Christopher Kahl and Verena Weinberger -- Day fines in Hungary / Csaba Gyory -- Day fine in France / Bruno Deffains and Jean-Baptiste Thierry -- Day fines in Portugal / Maria Fernanda Palma and Helena Morao -- Day (unit) fines in England and Wales / Valsamis Mitsilegas and Foivi Sofia Mouzakiti -- Day fines in Slovenia / Mitja Kovac -- Day fines in Spain / Jesus Barquin Sanz -- Day fines in Poland / Dawid M. Marko and S¿awomir Steinborn -- Day fines in Croatia / Maja Munivrana Vajda -- Day fines in Switzerland / Martin Killias and Lorenz Biberstein -- Day fines in Czech Republic / Jiri Kindl, Jan Kupcik -- Day fines in Romania / Mihail Udroiu -- Comparative law and economics perspective on day fines / Elena Kantorowicz-Reznichenko and Michael Faure.
Summary:
"Pecuniary sanction is a widespread criminal penalty and it is hard to think of a jurisdiction that does not have some form of such punishment. The most common pecuniary penalty is undoubtedly the fine. However, when we think about fines, we normally think about the most standard model where the size of the fine mainly depends on the severity of the offence. We refer to those fines as fixed fines, even though they might have other names in different criminal justice systems (e.g. summary fines, lump sum fines). A common feature of this type of fines is that the financial state of the offender does not play a systematic role in its calculation. This is not to say that the financial information is completely irrelevant. Some jurisdictions require accounting for the offender's income or wealth and more particularly his or her capacity to pay the fine when deciding on its size. However, there is no requirement to account for it systematically and usually there are no guidelines on how the financial capacity should be considered"-- Provided by publisher.
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