Overcriminalization: The Limits of the Criminal Law

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Husak's primary goal is to defend a set of constraints to limit the authority of states to enact and enforce criminal offenses. In addition, Husak situates this endeavor in criminal theory as traditionally construed. This book urges the importance of this topic in the real world, while most Anglo-American legal philosophers have neglected it.

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9780195399011   0195399013   019532871X   9780195328714   9780199869947

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