Author | Husak, Douglas N., 1948- |
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Title | Overcriminalization : the limits of the criminal law / Douglas Husak |
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Imprint |
New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
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Descript |
x, 231 p. ; 25 cm |
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CONTENT
The amount of criminal law -- Too much punishment, too many crimes -- How more crimes produce injustice -- The content of new offenses -- An example of overcriminalization -- Internal constraints on criminalization -- The "general part" of criminal law -- From punishment to criminalization -- A right not to be punished? -- Malum prohibitum -- External constraints on criminalization -- Infringing the right not to be punished -- The devil in the details -- Crimes of risk prevention - - Alternative theories of criminalization -- Law and economics -- Utilitarianism -- Legal moralism
SUBJECT
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Criminal law -- United States -- Philosophy
LOCATION | CALL# | STATUS |
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Law Library (3rd Floor) | K/US.800 H87o 2008 |
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