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Coercion to compromise

Vogel, Mary E.

Coercion to compromise plea bargaining, the courts and the making of political authority / [electronic resource] : Mary E. Vogel. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007. - 1 online resource (xvi, 416 p., [14] p. of plates) : ill., map. - Oxford socio-legal studies . - Oxford socio-legal studies. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Examining the origins of the controversial practice of plea bargaining, this study shows the procedure to have emerged early in the American Republic. Vogel argues that it arose in the 1830s as part of a process of political stabilisation.

9780199851461 (ebook) : No price


Plea bargaining--Social aspects--History--United States--19th century.
Plea bargaining--History--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century.
Social classes--History--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century.

KF9654 / .V64 2007

345.73072