Overcriminalization the limits of the criminal law
America suffers from too much criminal law and too much punishment, which produces massive injustice. To rectify this injustice, we need to defend and implement a theory of criminalisation: a set of constraints that limit the authority of states to enact and enforce penal offenses
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2008, 2008
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | America suffers from too much criminal law and too much punishment, which produces massive injustice. To rectify this injustice, we need to defend and implement a theory of criminalisation: a set of constraints that limit the authority of states to enact and enforce penal offenses |
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Physical Description: | x, 231 p. |
ISBN: | 9780199869947 0199869944 |