Origins of the Fifth Amendment: The Right Against Self-incriminationWinner of the Pulitzer Prize in history and a landmark in the study of constitutional origins, Leonard Levy's now-classic study appears for the first time in paperback. A work of monumental scholarship-broad in scope, thorough, carefully annotated, accurate, and imaginative. --Political Science Quarterly. Vastly learned...critical and reflective...lucid and vigorous...one of the important contributions to historical literature. --Henry Steele Commager |
Contents
Rival Systems of Criminal Procedure | 3 |
The Oath Ex Officio | 43 |
The Elizabethan Persecution of Catholics | 83 |
Copyright | |
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