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The special prosecutor in American politics

Title
The special prosecutor in American politics / Katy J. Harriger.
Author
Harriger, Katy J. (Katy Jean)
Publication
Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, ©2000.

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Description
ix, 325 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  • USA Special Prosecutor
  • 1900-1999
  • Special prosecutors > United States
  • Misconduct in office > United States
  • Conflict of interests > United States
  • Separation of powers > United States
  • Conflict of interests
  • Misconduct in office
  • Politics and government
  • Separation of powers
  • Special prosecutors
  • Gewaltenteilung
  • Politik
  • Machtmissbrauch
  • Anklage
  • United States of America
  • Prosecutors
  • Politics
  • Administration of justice
  • Independence
  • United States > Politics and government > 20th century
  • United States
  • USA
Note
  • Rev. ed. of: Independent justice. c1992.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-307) and index.
Contents
1 The Special Prosecutor and the Separation of Powers 1 -- 2 Ad Hoc Appointment of Special Prosecutors: The Teapot Dome, Tax, and Watergate Scandals 15 -- 3 A Watergate Legacy: The Independent counsel Provisions of the Ethics in Government Act 41 -- 4 Implementation and Congressional Oversight 73 -- 5 Is the Independent Counsel Constitutional? 97 -- 6 The Attorney General and Conflict of Interest 121 -- 7 Independence, Accountability, and the Special Prosecutor 147 -- 8 Symbols and Politics: Mass Public and Elite Support for the Independent Counsel 183 -- 9 Iran-Contra, Whitewater, and the Limits of the Law 215 -- 10 On the "Necessity of Auxiliary Precautions" 233.
ISBN
  • 0700610197
  • 9780700610198
  • 0700610200
  • 9780700610204
LCCN
99086519
OCLC
  • ocm43114234
  • 43114234
  • SCSB-1131268
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library