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Double Jeopardy : the History, The Law.

In the first book-length book on the subject in over a quarter century, George C. Thomas III advances an integrated theory of double jeopardy law, a theory anchored in historical, doctrinal, and philosophical method. Despite popular belief, double jeopardy has never been a limitation on the legislat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thomas III, George C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 1998.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In the first book-length book on the subject in over a quarter century, George C. Thomas III advances an integrated theory of double jeopardy law, a theory anchored in historical, doctrinal, and philosophical method. Despite popular belief, double jeopardy has never been a limitation on the legislature. It functions instead to keep prosecutors and judges from imposing more than one criminal judgment for the same offense. Determining when seemingly different offenses constitute the "same offense" is no easy task. Nor is it always easy to determine when a defendant has suffered more th.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (363 pages)
ISBN:9780814784419
0814784410