Part I. Introductory synthesis and analyses = 1ère partie. Synthèse et analyses introductives. Criminal justice and the ultima ratio principle: need for limitation, exploration and consideration = La justice pénale et le principe de l'ultima ratio: exigence de limitation, d'exploration et de réflexion / Piet Hein van Kempen
Part II. Themes = 2ème partie. Thèmes. Overuse of the criminal justice system: analytical approach. rules and practices / José Luis Díez-Ripollés
The overuse of criminal justice in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights / Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque
Overuse of criminalization: a philosophical and political approach on the Latin-American situation / José Luiz Guzmán Dalbora
Overprosecution and negotiated justice in Europe / Katalin Ligeti & Gavin Robinson
The American experience with the prosecutorial overuse of plea bargaining / Phillip Rapoza
Overuse of imprisonment: statistical analyses of incarceration rates across the world / Tapio Lappi-Seppälä
Minimising prisonisation and the harms of custody / Mary Rogan
Criminal policy and imprisonment. The case of Lithuania: open prisons, prison leave and release on parole / Gintautas Sakalauskas
Part III. National reports = 3ème partie. Rapports nationaux. Overuse in the criminal justice system in Argentina / Roberto P. Ortenzi & Alejo García Basalo
Le recours au système de justice pénale en Belgique: état des lieux et perspectives / Christian De Valkeneer, Marc Dizier & Vincent Seron
Overuse of criminal law in Finland / Tapio Lappi-Seppälä
Overuse in the criminal system in Germany / Rita Haverkamp, Gabriele Cirener, Axel Boetticher & Johannes Feest
Overuse in the criminal justice system in Greece / Effi Lambropoulou & Olga Tsolka
Overusing the criminal justice system: the case of Ireland / Mary Rogan & Michael Reilly
Overuse in the criminal justice in Japan / Taro Morinaga
Tendencies of uveruse in criminal law policy and criminal law enforcement in the Netherlands / Paul Mevis
Overuse in the criminal justice system in New Zealand / Yvette Tinsley & Warren Young
Overuse in the criminal justice system in Nigeria / Uju Agomoh
Overuse in the criminal justice system in Poland / Lech K. Paprzycki & Malgorzata W. Wąsek-Wiaderek
Overuse in the Russian criminal justice system / Yakov Gilinskiy
Overuse in the criminal justice system in Spain / Deborah García Magna
Recourt-on de manière excessive au système pénal en Suisse? / André Kuhn & Matteo Solcà
Overuse of the criminal justice system in Taiwan / Rong-Geng Li
Overuse and underuse of the United States criminal justice system in the area of business crimes / Edgardo Rotman.