Congressional Authority to Enact Criminal Law : An Examination of Selected Recent Cases.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law.

Criminal procedure.

Expenditures, Public.

Interstate commerce.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (24 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Discusses select recent cases that illustrate the scope and boundaries of Congressional power to enact criminal laws under the Constitution's necessary and proper, commerce, high seas, law of nations, spending, and military clauses.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. Congressional Authority to Enact Criminal Law

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