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Selected Works of Timothy M. Todd
Article
The Pernicious Effect of Dubious Materiality
Liberty University Law Review (2018)
  • Timothy M Todd
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Abstract
This short symposium Article adds to the over-criminalization zeitgeist by arguing that the absence of express materiality qualifiers in statutes necessarily adds troubling overbreadth to statutes. Moreover, even when materiality is an element of the offense, its judicial construction can effectively nullify any purported protection. The net effect of both phenomena is a pernicious creep of over-criminalization that undercuts a free society. 
Keywords
  • over-criminalization,
  • materiality
Disciplines
Publication Date
2018
Citation Information
Timothy M Todd. "The Pernicious Effect of Dubious Materiality" Liberty University Law Review Vol. 12 (2018)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/timothy_todd/17/