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"Birds Of A Feather" Rico: Trying Partners In Crime Together, Julie Gunnigle Jan 2006

"Birds Of A Feather" Rico: Trying Partners In Crime Together, Julie Gunnigle

Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce

This Article examines how RICO's substantive elements, namely "enterprise," "pattern," and "racketeering activity," shift the balance of power in a criminal prosecution by altering the application of procedural and evidentiary rules. Part I reviews the relevant procedural and evidentiary rules, as they existed before RICO and the advent of the "enterprise trial." Part II introduces RICO and examines how it changed the application of these rules, with particular focus on the law of joinder of offenses and offenders. Part III examines the law of joinder and severance in the U .K. where the primary paradigm for a trial is a …


Disorganized Crime: The Economics Of The Visible Hand, Michigan Law Review Feb 1984

Disorganized Crime: The Economics Of The Visible Hand, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Disorganized Crime: The Economics of the Visible Hand by Peter Reuter


Vicious Circles: The Mafia In The Marketplace, Michigan Law Review Mar 1981

Vicious Circles: The Mafia In The Marketplace, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Vicious Circles: The Mafia in the Marketplace by Jonathan Kwitny