Like medicine, law is replete with axioms of prevention. Prevention is better than cure has a long pedigree in both fields. 17th century jurist Sir Edward Coke observed that preventing justice excelleth punishing justice . A century later, Sir William Blackstone similarly stated that preventive justice is ...preferable in all respects to punishing justice . This book evaluates the feasibility and legitimacy of state attempts to regulate prevention. Though prevention may be desirable as a matter of policy, questions are inevitably raised as to its limits and legitimacy,...
Like medicine, law is replete with axioms of prevention. Prevention is better than cure has a long pedigree in both fields. 17th century...
