The Privilege against Self-Incrimination - Its Origins and Development

Summary

This is a history of the privilege in law against self-incrimination, demonstrating that what is sometimes considered an unchanging tenet of the legal system has actually encompassed many different legal consequences. The book seeks to uncover what the privilege meant in practice.

Product details

• Authors: Charles M. Gray, Gray Charles M., R. H. Helmholz, Helmholz R. H., John H. Langbein, Langbein John H., Eben Moglen
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.06.1997
• EAN: 9780226326603
• ISBN: 978-0-226-32660-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 16 mm x 23 mm x 3 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; USA, LAW / Criminal Law / General, Criminal law & procedure, LAW / Courts, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Trial Practice, LAW / Common, United States of America, USA, Common Law, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Systems of law: common law, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general