Yates v. United States: A Case Study in Overcriminalization

In Yates v. United States, the Supreme Court will decide whether tossing undersized fish overboard can be prosecuted under the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, a law aimed at preventing massive frauds of the sort that led to the collapse of Enron and sent shock waves throughout the economy. Although the...

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Main Author: Smith, Stephen F. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 2014
In:Year: 2014
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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