Book
Overcriminalization : the limits of the criminal law / Douglas Husak.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780195328714 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 019532871X (cloth : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: x, 231 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-224) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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| Subject: | Criminal law > United States > Philosophy. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Gorge Community College Library | POLITICAL SCIENCE HUSAK 2008 (Text) | 33892002424407 | Main Collection | Available | - |
Electronic resources
Version of Resource: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0712/2007009297.html
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