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Civil Forfeiture of Criminal Property

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  • Simon N.M. Young

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In this book, which is the first of its kind, leading experts examine the civil and criminal forfeiture systems in Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. In the fight against organized crime and international money laundering, there is a global trend for countries to enact forfeiture and confiscation laws that are applied through the civil process rather than the traditional criminal justice system. The authors gathered here analyze the appeal these civil forfeiture laws have for governments for their potential to disrupt criminal organizations and for their quantifiable benefits to the state. But without the usual safeguards of the criminal process, civil forfeiture laws are controversial, attracting constitutional challenges, particularly on human rights grounds.

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  • Simon N.M. Young (ed.), 2009. "Civil Forfeiture of Criminal Property," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 13094.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eebook:13094
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    Keywords

    Economics and Finance; Law - Academic; Politics and Public Policy;
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    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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