CRIM 12000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Legal Culture, Stockbroker, Homo Economicus
29 Apr 2019
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National, centrally organized police force local, autonomous, decentralized police force. No pretrial discovery for defense unlimited pretrial discovery for defense. Protect society from evolutionary change protect society from revolutionary change. Protect society in the short run protect society in the long run. Punishment fits the crime punishment fits the criminal. Rational, economic man theory crime a psycho-sociological entity. Swift, certain punishment treatment, but only when needed. Premise #1 - when liberty is permitted to grow without limits, it is at the expense of justice and order. Premise #2 - the greatest threat to our republic comes from those, who in attempt to preserve order, would destroy liberty. Justice will be realized only when the body politic are internally willing to obey the unenforceable. Slow down the cycle (maintain the status quo/keep the rich, rich, and keep the poor, poor) Achieve some measure of equity, fairness and justice in micro and macro (and avoid miscarriages of justice)
