Impeachment: The Constitutional Problems, Enlarged Edition - Couverture souple

Berger, Raoul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0674444787 ISBN 13 : 9780674444782

Editeur : Harvard University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Impeachment The little understood yet great power of impeachment lodged in the Congress is dissected in this text through history by Raoul Berger, a leading scholar on the subject. He sheds new light on whether impeachment is limited to indictable crimes, and on whether impeachment must precede indictment.

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

The little understood yet volcanic power of impeachment lodged in the Congress is dissected through history by the nation's leading legal scholar on the subject. Berger offers authoritative insight into "high crimes and misdemeanors" He sheds new light on whether impeachment is limited to indictable crimes, on whether there is jurisdiction to impeach for misconduct outside of office, and on whether impeachment must precede indictment.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Raoul Berger was Charles Warren Senior Fellow in American Legal History at the Harvard Law School. Among his books is Executive Privilege: A Constitutional Myth.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harvard University Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0674444787
• ISBN 13: 9780674444782
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 360