Crime and Forfeiture : The Innocent Third Party.

Examines forfeiture with emphasis on the innocent third party, focusing on judicial analysis of forfeited drug trafficking proceeds and property used to facilitate trafficking. Provides background regarding the origins of forfeiture, types of forfeiture actions, and rights of the innocent third part...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1999.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Judge-made law. Constitutional law. Crime. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Examines forfeiture with emphasis on the innocent third party, focusing on judicial analysis of forfeited drug trafficking proceeds and property used to facilitate trafficking. Provides background regarding the origins of forfeiture, types of forfeiture actions, and rights of the innocent third party; and reviews case law regarding whether civil forfeiture proceedings constitute punishment that violates the Eighth Amendment excessive fines clause.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.