Limits of Asset Confiscation

Johan Boucht is Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Oslo, Norway. He has a law degree from the University of Helsinki, Finland, and obtained his doctorate from Uppsala University, Sweden.

• 1. Introduction I. The Rise of Extended Appropriation as a Criminal Policy Measure II. Extended Asset Appropriation and other Forms of Confiscation III. A Note on Terminology IV. A Note on Methodology V. Delimitations VI. Outline of the Book 2. Extended Criminal Confiscation I. The Principal Features of Extended Criminal Confiscation II. Extended Criminal Confiscation in the EUIII. Criminal Confiscation in Norway and Sweden IV. Criminal Confiscation in England and Wales V. Summing Up the Comparison 3. Non-Conviction Based Asset Confiscation I. The Principal Features of Non-Conviction Based Confiscation II. Non-Conviction Based Confiscation in England and Wales, Ireland and the EU 4. Justifying Asset Confiscation I. Introduction II. Justifying Extended Appropriation III. The Legal Nature of Extended Asset Appropriation 5. Towards a Normative Framework for Assessing Extended Asset Appropriation I. Exploring the Limits of Extended Asset Appropriation II. Extended Criminal Confiscation: The Target Area III. Quantification of Extended Criminal Confiscation Orders—Should Substantive Proportionality Be Required? IV. Extended Criminal Confiscation: Procedural Safeguards V. Non-Conviction Based Confiscation: The Target Area VI. Quantification of Non-Conviction Based Confiscation Orders—Should Substantive Proportionality be Required? VII. Non-Conviction Based Confiscation: Procedural Safeguards 6. Curtain: Assessing the Feasibility of Extended Appropriation

The Limits of Asset Confiscation is an insightful, well-researched book that is well worth reading for anyone with an interest in confiscation laws. It is clearly a result of considerable effort and has the merit of introducing clarity and structure into what can be a daunting area of law.