Law School for Everyone. Episode 17, Federal Crimes and Federal Power.
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Edward K. Cheng, Joseph L. Hoffmann, Molly Bishop Shadel, Peter J. Smith
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2017.
The U.S. federal government might be the most powerful government in the world - but it's power to prohibit and punish crimes is relatively constrained. Professor Hoffmann reveals the important distinctions in scope, meaning, and effect between state criminal law and federal criminal law in the United States.