The Five Worst (and Five Best) American Criminal Codes

Robinson, Paul; Cahill, Michael; Mohammad, Usman

doi:10.2139/ssrn.183290

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The Five Worst (and Five Best) American Criminal Codes

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Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 95, pp. 1-89, 2000

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This paper develops and attempts to justify criteria for judging the quality of a criminal code in performing its functions. It translates the abstract criteria into a workable code evaluation scheme, then applies the scheme to the fifty-two American criminal codes, ending with a ranking of those codes. Examples of good and bad code provisions are used in the discussion to illustrate the evaluation criteria.

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Keywords: criminal code

JEL Classification: K14

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Date posted: February 6, 2003

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Robinson, Paul H., Cahill, Michael T. and Mohammad, Usman, The Five Worst (and Five Best) American Criminal Codes. Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 95, pp. 1-89, 2000. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=183290 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.183290

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Paul H. Robinson (Contact Author) University of Pennsylvania Law School ( email ) 3501 Sansom Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 United States
Michael T. Cahill Brooklyn Law School ( email ) 250 Joralemon Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 United States 718-780-7943 (Phone) 718-780-0376 (Fax) HOME PAGE: http://www.brooklaw.edu/faculty//profile/?page=267
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The Five Worst (and Five Best) American Criminal Codes

Paul H. Robinson

Michael T. Cahill

Usman Mohammad

Date posted: February 6, 2003

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Paul H. Robinson (Contact Author)

Michael T. Cahill

Usman Mohammad