Research Catalog

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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Additional Authors

Harriger, Katy J. (Katy Jean).

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