| Description |
xiii, 233 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-227) and index. |
| Summary |
"This is the first comprehensive analysis of the theory and practice of impeachment since the Watergate era. Litigation in the intervening period over the Senate's removal of three judges (most recently in connection with Walter Nixon v. United States) has raised doubts about Congress's interest in and capacity for conducting efficient, fair impeachment proceedings as well as about whether congressional judgments regarding the impeachability of federal judges are shielded from review by the other branches. Michael Gerhardt argues that impeachment is a far more effective process than commonly supposed and that it constitutes a special power confined solely to the nonreviewable discretion of Congress for punishing certain executive and judicial misconduct."--BOOK JACKET. "Without ignoring the implications of such a view for future rulings in separation of powers disputes, the author seeks primarily to establish impeachment's uniqueness by conveying its constitutional, historical, and political dimensions. In particular, he provides in Part I a comprehensive historical analysis of the impeachment process. In Part II he traces the practical problems and most troubling administrative difficulties in actual impeachment proceedings conducted by the House of Representatives and the Senate. Part III resolves the most significant constitutional issues recurring in the federal impeachment process, and Part IV examines proposed constitutional amendments and statutory proposals for reforming the federal impeachment process."--Jacket. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Ch. 1 The Impeachment Debates in the Constitutional Convention (starting p. 3) -- Ch. 2 The Impeachment Debates in the Ratifying Conventions (starting p. 12) -- Ch. 3 Impeachment Proceedings in the House of Representatives (starting p. 25) -- Ch. 4 The Senate's Role in the Federal Impeachment Process (starting p. 33) -- Ch. 5 Impeachment Issues Involving Congress and the Other Branches (starting p. 47) -- Ch. 6 Making Sense of the Federal Impeachment Process (starting p. 64) -- Ch. 7 The Scope of Impeachable Officials and Applicable Punishments (starting p. 75) -- Ch. 8 Impeachment As the Sole Means of Disciplining and Removing Impeachable Officials (starting p. 82) -- Ch. 9 The Scope of Impeachable Offenses (starting p. 103) -- Ch. 10 The Proper Procedure for Impeachment Proceedings (starting p. 112) -- Ch. 11 Judicial Review of Impeachments (starting p. 118) -- Ch. 12 Proposed Procedural Reforms for Judicial Impeachments (starting p. 149) -- Ch. 13 Proposed Statutory Changes and Constitutional Amendments to the Impeachment Process (starting p. 159) -- Postscript: The Future of the Impeachment Process (starting p. 173) -- Notes (starting p. 179) -- Bibliography (starting p. 217) -- Index (starting p. 229) |
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Impeachments -- United States.
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Impeachments. (OCoLC)fst00968081
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Impeachment (DE-588)4161395-8
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Impeachment.
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Grondwetten.
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United States.
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| Indexed Term |
Impeachments United States |
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The Chris Fritz Comparative and Historical Legal Perspectives Collection (CHLP) |
| Genre/Form |
Book
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| ISBN |
0691032955 (cl. ; alk. paper) |
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9780691032955 (cl. ; alk. paper) |
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