Double Jeopardy: The History, the Law

by Walt Whitman, Thomas C. George III, George C Thomas III, et al.

In the first book-length book on the subject in over a quarter century, George C. Thomas III advances an integrated theory of double jeopardy law, a theory anchored in historical, doctrinal, and philosophical method.
Despite popular belief, double jeopardy has never been a limitation on the legislature. It functions instead to keep prosecutors and judges from imposing more than one criminal judgment for the same offense. Determining when seemingly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814782337
• ISBN13: 9780814782330
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"