The privilege of silence : Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination /

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Author / Creator:Salky, Steven M.
Imprint:Chicago, Ill. : American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section, c2009.
Description:x, 190 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7773064
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ISBN:9781604423969 (pbk.)
160442396X (pbk.)
Notes:Includes index.
Table of Contents:
  • The purpose and scope of the Fifth Amendment right against compulsory self-incrimination
  • Elements of the Fifth Amendment
  • Proceedings in which the Fifth Amendment may be asserted
  • The process for determining the validity of the assertion
  • How the right may be asserted
  • Legal consequences of asserting the Fifth Amendment in non-criminal cases
  • Stigma and the Fifth Amendment
  • Waiver and risk of waiver
  • Documents and the Fifth Amendment : the act of production privilege
  • Immunity
  • The future of the Fifth Amendment.