The Right to a Speedy and Public Trial: A Reference Guide to the United States Constitution

by Susan N. Herman

Herman provides an analysis and reference guide for the rights that the Sixth Amendment guarantees in all criminal prosecutions. She provides a history of the generation of each right from ancient times through the present. The public trial chapters analyze the development of Supreme Court case law interpreting the Sixth Amendment right and the companion First Amendment right of public access to trials, and then discuss current issues in interpretation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313321086
• ISBN13: 9780313321085
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.1"