Congress' contempt power
By: Jay R. Shampansky.
Publisher: Novinka Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 66
Subjects: Contempt of legislative bodies -- United States.; Governmental investigations -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The power to investigate; title: The investigatory and contempt powers : early history; title: Inherent contempt; title: Statutory criminal contempt; title: Statutory civil contempt; title: Non-constitutional limitations; title: Constitutional limitations; title: Contempt by an executive branch official : executive privilege and precedents; title: Contempt by an executive branch official : problems and alternatives.