Overcriminalization : the limits of the criminal law

Husak, Douglas N. 1948- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 019532871X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780195328714 (cloth : alk. paper)
Physical Description: x, 231 pages ; 25 cm
print
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.