Israel’s No Profiting from Literary Account of Crime: It’s Not the Content, It’s the Notoriety

Keren-Paz, Tsachi

Abstract

Israel’s No Profiting from Literary Account of Crime: It’s Not the Content, It’s the Notoriety

Tsachi Keren-Paz

Keele University, School of Law

July 13, 2006

Israel Bar Law Review, Vol. 48, pp. 459-498, 2008

Abstract:
The article critically analyses Israel’s “Son of Sam” Act for its adoption of a content-based test for confiscation of profits. Rather, the correct test should be the extent to which the author’s notoriety from committing the crime allowed him or her to receive the financial benefit.

Keywords: restitution for wrongs, statutory interpretation, literarary account of crime

JEL Classification: K13, K14, K19

Accepted Paper Series

Date posted: July 13, 2010

Suggested Citation

Keren-Paz, Tsachi, Israel’s No Profiting from Literary Account of Crime: It’s Not the Content, It’s the Notoriety (July 13, 2006). Israel Bar Law Review, Vol. 48, pp. 459-498, 2008. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1639450

Contact Information

Tsachi Keren-Paz (Contact Author)

Keele University, School of Law ( email )

Keele
Staffordshire
ST5 5BG
United Kingdom
01782 734358 (Phone)