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: | Government Document eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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: | 1 online resource (x, 231 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-224) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198043997 0198043996 9780199869947 0199869944 9780195328714 019532871X 0199886989 9780199886982 1281159166 9781281159168 9786611159160 6611159169 1435618750 9781435618756 |