The tilted playing field : is criminal justice unfair? /

"Although evenly matched adversaries make for a more exciting athletic contest, and a level playing field is essential to a fair game, is the same true in a criminal trial? In this book, H. Richard Uviller argues that a criminal trial is not analogous to a sporting event. Prosecutors and defens...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Uviller, H. Richard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1999.
Temas:
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
LAW > General.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Moral and ethical aspects.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Strafverfahren
Faires Verfahren
Strafrechtspleging.
Algemene beginselen van behoorlijke rechtspraak.
United States.
Verenigde Staten.
USA.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Metaphorically Speaking
  • 1. Level Playing Fields and the Idea of Fairness
  • 2. Discretion and the Advantage of Initiation: Choosing a Target, Bringing a Charge
  • 3. Access to Information, First- and Secondhand: You Are What You Know
  • 4. Voucher and the Virtue of Office: The White-Hat Factor
  • 5. Burdens and Presumptions: Rescue from the Quandary of Perhaps
  • 6. The Blessing of Bankroll: Financial Disparity and the Riddle of Bail
  • 7. Excluding Adverse Evidence: Truth or Justice?
  • 8. Appealability and the Ordeal of Jeopardy: Capitalization of Error
  • 9. Truth Telling and the Limits of Ethical License: Counsel's Tolerable Deceptions
  • 10. Jury Irrationality and Its Insulation: Arousing the Unimpeachable Impulse.

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