The criminalization of lying: under what circumstances, if any, should lies be made criminal?
This Article argues that lying should be a crime. In doing so, we propose the creation of a wholly new category of crime, which we term “egregious lying causing serious harm.” The Article has two broad objectives: the first is to make the case why such a crime should even exist, and the second is to...
| Published in: | Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology Vol. 101; no. 2; pp. 529 - 574 |
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Northwestern University
Spring2011
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