The Supreme Court on trial : how the American justice system sacrifices innocent defendants / / George C. Thomas III
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| Autore: |
Thomas George C (George Conner), <1947->
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| Titolo: |
The Supreme Court on trial : how the American justice system sacrifices innocent defendants / / George C. Thomas III
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| Pubblicazione: | Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2008 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (318 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 345.73/05 |
| Soggetto topico: | Judicial review - United States |
| Judgments, Criminal - United States | |
| Criminal justice, Administration of - United States | |
| Due process of law - United States | |
| False imprisonment - United States | |
| Law and fact - United States | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Innocence ignored -- The fundamental value of due process -- In the beginning: God, juries, and God again -- Truth from juries: William the Conqueror, Henry II, and the Catholic church -- Truth from juries: America before the twentieth century -- In God's name: is that the man? -- Truth from procedure: the Supreme Court tries a new tack -- Looking for truth in unexpected places -- The hitch-hiker's guide to protecting innocence. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Has the American criminal justice system abandoned its duty to protect the innocent?. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Supreme Court on trial |
| ISBN: | 1-282-59773-6 |
| 9786612597732 | |
| 0-472-02608-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910960770303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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