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Salky, Steven M.

The privilege of silence Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination Steven M. Salky. - Chicago, Ill. American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section c2009. - x, 190 p. 23 cm.

Includes index.

The purpose and scope of the Fifth Amendment right against compulsory self-incrimination -- Elements of the Fifth Amendment -- Proceedings in which the Fifth Amendment may be asserted -- The process for determining the validity of the assertion -- How the right may be asserted -- Legal consequences of asserting the Fifth Amendment in non-criminal cases -- Stigma and the Fifth Amendment -- Waiver and risk of waiver -- Documents and the Fifth Amendment : the act of production privilege -- Immunity -- The future of the Fifth Amendment.

ISBN: 9781604423969 (pbk.) 160442396X (pbk.)

LCCN: 2009010377

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States 5th Amendment. Constitution

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Self-incrimination--United States.

LC Class. No.: KF 9668 / .S25 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 345.73/056