| Fair Trial: Rights of the Accused in American History Contributor(s): Bodenhamer, David J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195055594 ISBN-13: 9780195055597 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $101.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1991 Annotation: The only comprehensive survey of rights of the accused in America history, this readable new text guides the student through the development of these rights and their central relationship to liberty, justice, and social order. Integrating legal, social, and political history. Fair Trial focuses on the defendant's rights in theory and practice and traces developments in local and state courts as well as in the United States Supreme Court, recognizing that, throughout history, the expression and protection of rights has most often been a matter of local concern. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Civil Procedure - Political Science - Law | Legal History |
| Dewey: 347.307 |
| LCCN: 90-19611 |
| Lexile Measure: 1430 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.35" W x 7.98" (0.40 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The only comprehensive survey of rights of the accused in American history, this new text guides the reader through the development of these rights and their central relationship to liberty, justice, and social order. Integrating legal, social, and political history, Fair Trial focuses on the defendant's rights in theory and practice and traces developments in local and state courts as well as in the U.S. Supreme Court, recognizing that, throughout history, the expression and protection of rights has most often been a matter of local concern. The second volume in the Bicentennial Essays on the Bill of Rights series, co-sponsored by the Organization of American Historians and Oxford University Press, this is an essential introduction to criminal due process and its importance to American liberty. |