Introduction - Context and Methodology - The instinctive synthesis and wise blending of Penal Aims: A comparative study of sentencing methology - Equity and the rule of law in sentencing - The practical wisdom of sentencing: A rationalisation of intuitive decision making and judicial discretion - Structuring the sentencer's discretion - A 'seedy little bargain with criminals'? judicial discretion and the guilty plea discount - The phronimos and the Metronomic Clockwork Man how judges sentence - Bibliography - Index.