The privilege of silence
Subtitle: Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination
By: Steven M. Salky and Paul B. Hynes, Jr
Contributors: Hynes, Paul B., Jr., author; American Bar Association. Section of Criminal Justice
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: ABA, Criminal Justice Section; American Bar Association
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Chicago, Illinois
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9781627225779; 9781627225786
Subjects: Self-incrimination; United States
Notes: Includes index.
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.