Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO): Basic Concepts - Criminal and Civil Remedies

Authors

G. Robert Blakey, Notre Dame Law SchoolFollow
Brian Gettings

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1980

Publication Information

53 Temp. L.Q. 1009 (1980)

Abstract

This article will present a brief overview of the legislative history of RICO, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, and its structure, including its standards and basic concepts. The article will then consider the criminal sanctions authorized under RICO and discuss specific aspects of the RICO civil suit as well as some of the problems that may be expected to arise in it. The objective of the article is to provide the reader with a short introduction to RICO, one of the most sophisticated statutes ever enacted by Congress.

Comments

Reprinted with permission of Temple Law Review (previously Temple Law Quarterly).

Recommended Citation

G. R. Blakey & Brian Gettings, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO): Basic Concepts - Criminal and Civil Remedies, 53 Temp. L.Q. 1009 (1980).
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