Civil forfeiture of criminal property : legal measures for targeting the proceeds of crime / edited by Simon N.M. Young.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Young, Simon N. M.

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forfeiture.

Criminal law.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines the civil and criminal forfeiture systems in Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. This book analyzes the appeal the forfeiture and confiscation laws have for governments for their potential to disrupt criminal organizations and for their quantifiable benefits to the state.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Cases; Legislation; Introduction; Chapter 1: Perspectives on civil forfeiture; Chapter 2: An overview of asset forfeiture in the United States; Chapter 3: Ireland: a multi-disciplinary approach to proceeds of crime; Chapter 4: Asset forfeiture in South Africa under the Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998; Chapter 5: Civil forfeiture - the Australian experience; Chapter 6: Civil asset forfeiture in Canada; Chapter 7: Assets recovery under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: the UK experience

Chapter 8: Is the patient expected to live? UK civil forfeiture in operationChapter 9: The confiscation system in mainland China; Chapter 10: Civil forfeiture for Hong Kong: issues and prospects; Chapter 11: Civil confiscation of proceeds of crime: a view from Macau; Chapter 12: The current forfeiture regime in Taiwan; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-29561-6

9786612295614

1-84844-621-7

OCLC:

476252808