Congress' Contempt Power.

Examines the source and historical development of congressional contempt power, its statutory and constitutional limitations, and the three types of contempt proceedings. Also reviews special procedural and constitutional problems when contempt of power is used against an executive branch official.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1986.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	United States. > Congress > Powers and duties. Contempt of legislative bodies > United States. Executive privilege (Government information) Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Examines the source and historical development of congressional contempt power, its statutory and constitutional limitations, and the three types of contempt proceedings. Also reviews special procedural and constitutional problems when contempt of power is used against an executive branch official.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.