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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786241103321

Autore

Yalof David Alistair

Titolo

Prosecution among Friends [[electronic resource] ] : Presidents, Attorneys General, and Executive Branch Wrongdoing

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-60344-766-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Collana

Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes Series on the Presidency and Leadership

Disciplina

364.1/3230973

364.13230973

Soggetti

Corruption investigation -- United States -- History

Criminal investigation -- Political aspects -- United States -- History

Special prosecutors -- United States -- History

United States. Dept. of Justice -- History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. "Where There Is Smoke": Investigating and Prosecuting; Chapter 2. Legal Regimes, Attorneys General, and Executive; Chapter 3. When All Bets Are Off: Presidents, Vice Presidents,; Chapter 4. A Bit Too Familiar: When the Justice Department; Chapter 5. More Political Considerations: Departing Officials,; Chapter 6. What's a Little Prosecution among Friends? A; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Can Justice Department officials effectively investigate wrongdoing within their own administration without relying on an independent counsel?  In Prosecution among Friends political scientist David Alistair Yalof explores the operation of due process as it is navigated within the office of the attorney general and its various subdivisions. The attorney general holds a politically appointed position within the administration and yet, as the nation's highest ranking law enforcement officer, is still charged with holding colleagues and superiors legally accountable. That duty