This article surveys the theory of the public enforcement of law—the use of public agents
(inspectors, tax auditors, police, prosecutors) to detect and to sanction violators of legal …

This chapter surveys the theory of the public enforcement of law—the use of governmental
agents (regulators, inspectors, tax auditors, police, prosecutors) to detect and to sanction …

OPTIMAL penalties for corporate fraud require that firms face expected penalties equal to
the total social costs of the crime. Yet formal courtimposed sanctions for committing fraud …

Imprisonment is the punishment of choice in American jurisdictions.'In everyday life, the
modes of human suffering are numerous and diverse: when we lose our property, we …

This paper examines the use of fines and imprisonment to deter individuals from engaging
in harmful activities. These sanctions are analyzed separately as well as together, first for …

Corporate criminal liability is a relatively new development in American law, although it has
been expanding rapidly. We argue that there is no need for corporate criminal liability in a …

WHENEVER the government uses fines to control harmful activities, it incurs certain costs in
connection with the enforcement process. This article will show how these costs affect the …

I examine a model of optimum enforcement in which offenders can engage in activities that
reduce the probability of being caught and fined. The costs associated with these avoidance …

We characterize optimal enforcement in a setting in which individuals can select among
various levels of some activity, all of which are monitored at the same rate but may be …

As a general matter [civil disability law] has simply not been rationally designed to
accommodate the various interests of society and the individual convicted person. There has …