Impeachment: The Constitutional Problems, Enlarged Edition - Softcover

Berger, Raoul

 
9780674444782: Impeachment: The Constitutional Problems, Enlarged Edition

Synopsis

The little understood yet volcanic power of impeachment lodged in the Congress is dissected through history by the nation's leading legal scholar on the subject. Berger offers authoritative insight into "high crimes and misdemeanors" He sheds new light on whether impeachment is limited to indictable crimes, on whether there is jurisdiction to impeach for misconduct outside of office, and on whether impeachment must precede indictment.

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About the Author

Raoul Berger was Charles Warren Senior Fellow in American Legal History at Harvard Law School.

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