https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/09/economist-criminalize-business/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 02 Sep 2014 00:08:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/09/economist-criminalize-business/comment-page-1/#comment-301938 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 00:08:30 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=47967#comment-301938 this is far wider than looting of businesses. consider the confiscation of cash by police depts, usually without any arrest or charges. the cops keep the bulk of the funds. this is literally highway robbery,

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/09/economist-criminalize-business/comment-page-1/#comment-301925 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 21:24:16 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=47967#comment-301925 I think this fits with the practice of criminalizing normal political and governance behaviour. Witness the indictment of Governor Perry of Texas. Who is going to stop this?

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/09/economist-criminalize-business/comment-page-1/#comment-301917 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 17:48:05 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=47967#comment-301917 Makes one nostalgic for the doctrine of mens rea as a predicate for guilt in criminal law.

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