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Double Jeopardy: The History, The Law

By III , George C. Thomas

Book information

Publisher
New York University Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9780814784419
DOI
10.18574/nyu/9780814784419.001.0001
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2340138 bytes)
Pages
\363
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-20 07:43:47

Description

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 different offenses constitute the "same offense" is no easy task. Nor is it always easy to determine when a defendant has suffered more than one criminal judgment. Tracing American double jeopardy doctrine back to twelfth century English law, the book develops a jurisprudential account of double jeopardy that recognizes the central role of the legislature in creating criminal law blameworthiness.

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