COERCION TO COMPROMISE

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-19-510174-4
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 448 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 752 g

Reihe: Oxford Socio-Legal Studies

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vogel, Mary E.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)