AuthorHusak, Douglas N., 1948-
TitleOvercriminalization : the limits of the criminal law / Douglas Husak
Imprint New York : Oxford University Press, 2008
Descript x, 231 p. ; 25 cm

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

  1. Criminal law -- United States -- Philosophy

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Law Library (3rd Floor)K/US.800 H87o 2008 CHECK SHELVES