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], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Judge-made law. Civil procedure. Criminal procedure. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book