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Federal criminal law doctrines : the forgotten influence of national prohibition /

This book offers a close look at the development of legal thought during the era of prohibition and documents the impact of prohibition on law as an intellectual discipline. Kenneth M. Murchison examines changes in federal criminal law doctrines from 1918 to 1933 in light of recent historical schola...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Murchison, Kenneth M., 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 1994.
Colección:Legal classics library.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • The Prohibition Backdrop
  • Entrapment: The Emergence of a Legal Doctrine
  • The Fourth Amendment, 1920-1929: A Doctrinal Explosion
  • The Fourth Amendment, 1930-1933: Refinement and Rediscovery
  • Double Jeopardy: Crystallization of an Enduring Exception
  • Property Forfeitures: Interpreting the Language of the Volstead Act
  • Jury Trials: Primacy of Institutional Concerns
  • The Prohibition Era and the Development of Federal Criminal Law
  • Notes
  • Index.