
Article
Can Criminal Law Be Controlled?
Michigan Law Review
(2010)
Abstract
This review of Douglas Husak's 2008 book, Overcriminalization: The Limits of the Criminal Law, summarizes and largely endorses Husak's normative argument about the indefensible expansiveness of much contemporary criminal liability. It then offers a skeptical (or pessimistic) argument about the possibilities for a normative theory such as Husak's to have much effect on criminal justice policy in light of the political barriers to reform.
Keywords
- Overcriminalization,
- Criminal Law Theory
Disciplines
Publication Date
2010
Citation Information
Darryl K. Brown. "Can Criminal Law Be Controlled?" Michigan Law Review Vol. 108 Iss. 6 (2010) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/darrylbrown/10/