The Pernicious Effect of Dubious Materiality

Timothy M Todd

The Pernicious Effect of Dubious Materiality

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Abstract

This short symposium Article adds to the over-criminalization zeitgeist by arguing that the absence of express materiality qualifiers in statutes necessarily adds troubling overbreadth to statutes. Moreover, even when materiality is an element of the offense, its judicial construction can effectively nullify any purported protection. The net effect of both phenomena is a pernicious creep of over-criminalization that undercuts a free society.

Original language	American English
Journal	Liberty University Law Review
Volume	12
State	Published - 2018

Keywords

over-criminalization
materiality

Disciplines

Law

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The Pernicious Effect of Dubious Materiality

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