The privilege of silence
Subtitle: Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination
By: Steven M. Salky.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: American Bar Association
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9781604423969
Subjects: United States; Self-incrimination -- United States
Table of contents: title: The purpose and scope of the Fifth Amendment right against compulsory self-incrimination; title: Elements of the Fifth Amendment; title: Proceedings in which the Fifth Amendment may be asserted; title: The process for determining the validity of the assertion; title: How the right may be asserted; title: Legal consequences of asserting the Fifth Amendment in non-criminal cases; title: Stigma and the Fifth Amendment; title: Waiver and risk of waiver; title: Documents and the Fifth Amendment : the act of production privilege; title: Immunity; title: The future of the Fifth Amendment.