Fred E. Inbau: 'The Importance of Being Guilty'

As fate would have it, Fred Inbau graduated from law school in 1932, the very year that, for practical purposes the modern law of constitutional criminal procedure [began], with the decision in the great case of Powell v. Alabama. 1 In the 'stone age' of American criminal procedure, 2 Inba...

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Main Author: Kamisar, Yale (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 1977
In:Year: 1977
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Summary:As fate would have it, Fred Inbau graduated from law school in 1932, the very year that, for practical purposes the modern law of constitutional criminal procedure [began], with the decision in the great case of Powell v. Alabama. 1 In the 'stone age' of American criminal procedure, 2 Inbau began his long fight to shape or to retain rules that make sense in the light of a policeman's task, 3 more aware than most that so long as the rules do so, we will be in a stronger position to insist that [the officer] obey them.