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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Husak, Douglas N., 1948-
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Criminal law > United States > Philosophy.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Criminal law > Philosophy
United States
Strafrecht.
Ethische aspecten.
Verenigde Staten.
Kriminalität > Strafe > Strafrecht > Rechtspolitik > USA.
USA > Kriminalität > Strafe > Strafrecht > Rechtspolitik.
Straffrätt > Förenta staterna.
Rättsfilosofi.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.