Double Jeopardy - A Reference Guide To The United States Constitution

Informationen zum Autor DAVID S. RUDSTEIN is Professor of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, where he teaches courses in criminal law and criminal procedure. Klappentext This volume traces the history of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution. It shows that the constitutional guarantee against double jeopardy has its roots in ancient Jewish and early Greek and Roman law. After recapping the history of the clause the Supreme Court's current interpretation of the clause is explained. This book describes the circumstances in which the premature termination of an individual's trial bars a subsequent trail for the same offense. It also examines when the Clause prohibits the government from imposing multiple punishments for the same offense. The final chapter includes a discussion of bibliographical sources. Zusammenfassung This volume traces the history of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Foreword by Jack Stark Foreword by Albert W. Alschuler A History of the Guarantee Against Double Jeopardy Origins of the Guarantee English Common Law Double Jeopardy Protection in America Before the Adoption of the Fifth Amendment The Adoption of the Fifth Amendment Guarantee Against Double Jeopardy The Protection Against Double Jeopardy after Ratification of the Fifth Amendment Analysis Underlying Policies "Jeopardy" The "Same Offense" Successive Prosecutions Multiple Punishments Resentencing Appeals Bibliographical Essay Table of Cases Index

Product details

• Authors: David Rudstein, David S. Rudstein, David S./ Alschuler Rudstein, Rudstein David
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2004
• EAN: 9780313311802
• ISBN: 978-0-313-31180-2
• No. of pages: 268
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Reference Guides to the United; Reference Guides to the United; Reference Guides to the United States Constitution
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; USA, LAW / Criminal Law / General, Criminal law & procedure, LAW / Constitutional, United States of America, USA, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Politics, Law, and Government: Law