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The Right to a Speedy and Public Trial A Reference Guide to the United States Constitution
Susan N. Herman
Foreword by Erwin Chemerinsky
Book Code: GR2108
ISBN: 0-313-32108-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32108-5
280 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 7/30/2006
List Price: $180.00 (UK Sterling Price: £100.00)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Series Title: Reference Guides to the United States Constitution
Series Number: 16
Reviews:
  • Herman analyzes the Sixth Amendment and why it is still in the process of intense and conflicting interpretation 215 years after its ratification. Unlike other Amendments, the Sixth contains conjoined rights in describing both a speedy and a public trial. She begins with the right to a public trial, describing the history of the concept and analyzing the development of the right and the state of the law today with attention to national security and military commissions, then describes the history of the right to a speedy trial and analyzes it through Supreme Court cases, the statutes and rules, and the state of the law today.
    —Reference & Research Book News     November 2006
Description: Herman provides an analysis and reference guide for the rights to a speedy and public trial that the Sixth Amendment guarantees in all criminal prosecutions. She provides a history of the generation of each right from ancient times through the present. The public trial chapters analyze the development of Supreme Court case law interpreting the Sixth Amendment rights and the companion First Amendment right of public access to trials, and then discuss current questions about open proceedings involving alleged terrorists. The speedy trial chapters trace the development of the ideal of prompt proceedings and the Supreme Court's laws in this area, including a critique of the major Supreme Court cases. Discussion of recent case law highlights open issues regarding the scope of the Sixth Amendment rights and comments on the impact of speedy trial legislation introduced in the 1970s. Each section concludes with a bibliographical essay discussing the major books and law review articles written in each area and also included a table of cases cited.
Table of Contents:
  • The Right to a Public Trial
  • History: The Origins of the Right to a Public Trial
  • The Right to a Public Trial: Analysis
  • History: The Origins of the Right to a Speedy Trial
  • The Right to a Speedy Trial: Analysis
  • Bibliographical Essay
  • Table of Cases
LC Card Number: 2006015395
LCC Class: KF9223
Dewey Class: 345
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