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OVERCRIMINALIZATION Douglas Husak TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE i ACKNOWLEGEMENTS vi CHAPTER ONE: THE AMOUNT OF CRIMINAL LAW 1 I: TOO MUCH PUNISHMENT, TOO MANY CRIMES 2 II: HOW MORE CRIMES PRODUCE INJUSTICE 20 III: THE CONTENT OF NEW OFFENSES 40 IV: AN ILLUSTRATION OF OVERCRIMINALIZATION 57 CHAPTER TWO: INTERNAL CONSTRAINTS ON CRIMINALIZATION 70 I: THE GENERAL PART OF CRIMINAL LAW 74 II: FROM PUNISHMENT TO CRIMINALIZATION 98 III: A RIGHT NOT TO BE PUNISHED? 118 IV: MALUM PROHIBITUM 133 CHAPTER THREE: EXTERNAL CONSTRAINTS ON CRIMINALIZATION 156 I: INFRINGING THE RIGHT NOT TO BE PUNISHED 158 II: THE DEVIL IN THE DETAILS 172 III: CRIMES OF RISK-CREATION 208 CHAPTER FOUR: ALTERNATIVE THEORIES OF CRIMINALIZATION 232 I: LAW AND ECONOMICS 234 II: UTILITARIANISM 245 III: LEGAL MORALISM 256 BIBLIOGRAPHY [not included] 270 TABLE OF CASES [not included] INDEX [not included]
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Criminal law -- United States -- Philosophy.