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The Constitution and Criminal Procedure: First Principles
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Yale Univ Pr
Publication date April 1, 1998
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780300074888
ISBN-10 0300074883
Dimensions 0.75 by 6.25 by 9.75 in.
Weight 0.90 lbs.
Original list price $28.00
Other format details university press
Summaries and Reviews
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Under the banners of the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments, the Supreme Court has constitutionalized a vast amount of criminal procedure law in ways that often reward the guilty while hurting the innocent. In this sweeping and provocative book, a distinguished constitutional scholar critiques these developments and reconceptualizes the basic foundations of the field.
Akhil Amar examines the role of search warrants, the status of the exclusionary rule, self-incrimination theory and practice, and a host of Sixth Amendment trial-related rights. Through a close and original analysis of constitutional text, history, structure, and precedent—leavened with a healthy measure of common sense—he challenges conventional wisdom on a broad range of topics. He argues that the exclusion of reliable evidence in criminal trials is wrong in principle and in practice; unlawfully seized evidence and fruits of immunized testimony should be constitutionally admissible in criminal trials. Deterrence of government misconduct should in general occur through civil damage suits and administrative sanctions rather than through criminal exclusion.
Although addressed to lawyers, judges, and law students, this bold book ultimately targets a much broader audience of policymakers and citizens who seek to understand the principles of this controversial area of constitutional law.


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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780300066784
 
from Yale Univ Pr (February 27, 1997)
9780300066784 | details & prices | 272 pages | 6.50 × 9.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $50.00
About: Akhil Amar examines the role of search warrants, the status of the exclusionary rule, self-incrimination theory and practice, and a host of Sixth Amendment trial-related rights.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780300074888
 
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from Yale Univ Pr (April 1, 1998); titled "The Constitution and Criminal Procedure: First Principles"
9780300074888 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $28.00
About: Under the banners of the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments, the Supreme Court has constitutionalized a vast amount of criminal procedure law in ways that often reward the guilty while hurting the innocent.

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