Blackmail, Legality, and Liberalism

Comment by Ronald Joseph Scalise, Jr.

The question of why blackmail is prohibitable has puzzled a wide variety of commentators. Because nothing close to a consensus opinion has emerged, the issue of blackmail and its criminalization is ripe for review. This Comment briefly evaluates the existing blackmail scholarship and then makes a critical examination of one of the newest theories in the blackmail debate. It concludes with a determination that the crime of blackmail is irreconcilable with common notions of liberal society.

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About the Author

Ronald Joseph Scalise, Jr. J.D. candidate 2000, Tulane University School of Law; B.A., B.A. 1997, Tulane University.

Citation

74 Tul. L. Rev. 1483 (2000)