UID:
almafu_9961252332102883
Format:
1 online resource (490 p.)
ISBN:
0-19-026003-3
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0-19-993960-8
Content:
The American prosecutor plays a powerful role in the judicial system, wielding the authority to accept or decline a case, choose which crimes to allege, and decide the number of counts to charge. These choices, among others, are often made with little supervision or institutional oversight. This prosecutorial discretion has prompted scholars to look to the role of prosecutors in Europe for insight on how to reform the American system of justice. In The Prosecutor in Transnational Perspective, Erik Luna and Marianne Wade, through the works of their contributors coupled with their own analysis,
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Description based upon print version of record.
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section I. The prosecutor as policy maker, case manager, and investigator -- section II. Plea bargaining and other "Consensual Procedures" -- section III. Adversarial and inquisitorial systems : distinctive aspects and convergent trends -- section Ivolume Prosecution in exceptional contexts and nondomestic fora -- section volume Overview and outlook : toward comparative prosecution studies.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-984480-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-299-94044-7
Language:
English
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