Coercion to Compromise - Plea Bargaining, The Courts and the Making of Political Authority

Klappentext This book examines the origins of the controversial practice of plea bargaining, a procedure that appears to reward the guilty. Contrary to popular perception of plea bargaining as an innovation or corruption of the post-World War II years, this study shows that the practice emerged early in the American Republic. It argues that plea bargaining should be seen as part of a larger repertoire of techniques in the Anglo-American legal tradition through which law might beused as a vehicle of rule. Zusammenfassung This book examines the origins of the controversial practice of plea bargaining, a procedure that appears to reward the guilty. Contrary to popular perception of plea bargaining as an innovation or corruption of the post-World War II years, this study shows that the practice emerged early in the American Republic. It argues that plea bargaining should be seen as part of a larger repertoire of techniques in the Anglo-American legal tradition through which law might be used as a vehicle of rule.

Product details

• Authors: Mary E. Vogel, Vogel Mary E.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.11.2007
• EAN: 9780195101744
• ISBN: 978-0-19-510174-4
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Oxford Socio-Legal Studies; Oxford Socio-Legal Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Courts, LAW / Trial Practice, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures