Congress's Contempt Power : Law, History, Practice, and Procedure.

Examines source of and basis for Congressional contempt power; historical development of early case law; its statutory and constitutional limitations; procedures associated with inherent, criminal, and civil contempt proceedings; and Department of Justice position on use of inherent and/or criminal...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Executive-legislative relations. Contempt of legislative bodies > United States. Executive privilege (Government information) Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Examines source of and basis for Congressional contempt power; historical development of early case law; its statutory and constitutional limitations; procedures associated with inherent, criminal, and civil contempt proceedings; and Department of Justice position on use of inherent and/or criminal contempt of Congress against the executive branch.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.