Assefa on Limitations on Criminalization

Simeneh K Assefa (Addis Ababa University - School of Law) has posted Sovereignty, Legitimacy, and Fundamental Rights as Limitations to Criminalization Power of the State (MIZAN LAW REVIEW, Vol. 12, No.1 September 2018) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:

 

This article uses the doctrines of sovereignty, legitimacy state coercive power and fundamental rights as effective limitations to criminalization power of the state. It makes a theoretical discussion on those subjects including contemporary theories. It reviews interpretive methods of the bill of rights.