Congress's Contempt Power : Law, History, Practice, and Procedure.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judge-made law.

Civil procedure.

Criminal procedure.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (70 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Examines source of and basis for Congressional contempt power; historical development of early case law; its statutory and constitutional limitations; procedures associated with inherent, criminal, and civil contempt proceedings; and Department of Justice position on use of inherent and/or criminal contempt of Congress against the executive branch.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Congress's Contempt Power

Access Restriction:

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