Overcriminalization : the limits of the criminal law - Husak, Douglas N., 1948- (New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-224) and index.
Keywords: Criminal law -- United States -- Philosophy; Criminal law -- Philosophy; United States