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A License to Steal

The Forfeiture of Property

Leonard W. Levy

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 03/2014
Pages: 288
Subject: Law | University of North Carolina
Print ISBN: 9.78E+12
eBook ISBN: 9781469620183

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Leonard Levy traces the development and implementation of forfeiture and contends that it is a questionable practice, which, because it is so often abused, serves only to undermine civil society. Arguing that civil forfeiture is unconstitutional, Levy provides examples of the victimization of innocent people and demonstrates that it has been used primarily against petty offienders rather than against its original targets, members of organized crime.

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