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- Title
Forfeitures and the Eighth Amendment: A Practical Approach to the Excessive Fines Clause as a Check on Government Seizures.
- Authors
Pimentel, David
- Abstract
The article focuses on the laws governing civil forfeitures in the U.S. Topics discussed include Approach to the Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines Clause a check on government seizures; ways in which Supreme Court has tackled such claims; and enactment of Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act for addressing the same. It also mentions about United States v. Bajakajian court case.
- Subjects
ASSET forfeiture; UNITED States. Constitution. 8th Amendment; EXCESSIVE fines (Constitutional law); UNITED States. Supreme Court; UNITED States v. Bajakajian (Supreme Court case)
- Publication
Harvard Law & Policy Review, 2017, Vol 11, Issue 2, p541
- ISSN
1935-2077
- Publication type
Article