Criminal Procedure in the United States - Classic Selections and Cases

Author: (USA) Floyd Finney
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: The style of this book differs from other books introducing the American criminal trial process. It does not simply narrate the rules that guide American criminal trial practice but carefully selects a series of papers, aiming to showcase the major debates that have influenced the development of American criminal trials. Its purpose is to help readers not only understand the rules but also delve deeper into the concepts and realities of American criminal trials, and to explore the impact of social, historical, cultural, and traditional factors on the development process of criminal trials from their origins. Each chapter begins with a brief overview, followed by relevant provisions of the U.S. Constitution and representative court cases. The latter part of each chapter selects representative expert articles. The book includes general principles, search and seizure, police interrogation, the right to counsel, plea bargaining, jury trial, evidence law, and double jeopardy, among other aspects.