Betrayal of Due Process: A Comparative Assessment of Plea Bargaining in the United States and Canada

by Hedieh Nasheri

Overview

Betrayal of Due Process is a landmark study of the criminal justice systems of two common-law nations, the United States and Canada. By focusing on plea bargaining, which is one of the most dominant practices in the criminal justice system of both countries, Nasheri makes a historical comparison of guilty plea practices and ideologies. She draws on historical, criminological, sociological, and political perspectives to construct her argument. Because plea bargaining is a crucial part of the criminal justice system yet has received little scholarly attention, this much-needed book fills a wide gap in legal scholarship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761811084
Publisher:	UPA
Publication date:	06/11/1998
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.85(h) x 0.66(d)

About the Author

Hedieh Nasheri is Associate Professor of Justice Studies at Kent State University.

Editorial Reviews

The well written book is a useful source of practical information on an important topic.--Arthur Marinelli, Ohio University "International Criminal Justice Review "

This is an excellent comparative analysis of plea bargaining. This book is a significant contribution to the emerging field of comparative criminal justice.--JOHN A. CONLEY, California State University

...provides an in-depth account of the development of the plea bargaining process in two distinct legal systems.Please click here for full review--LARRY SIEGEL, University of Massachusetts

From the Publisher

The well written book is a useful source of practical information on an important topic.
— Arthur Marinelli, Ohio University

International Criminal Justice Review

Malcolm Feeley, Center for the Study of Law and Society, University of California, Berkeley

A Vision of American Law is the latest in a genre of "law and literature" books, and in my view it is among the most successful. This volume, in the author's own words, is intended to look "beyond the narrow confines of legal writing into the world of imaginative literature as a way of understanding more fully the role and impact of law in American society". His purpose is to subject American law to careful scrutiny, to see how practice--the law-in-action as it were--comports with our aspirations.

Malcolm Feeley

The well written book is a useful source of practical information on an important topic.

International Criminal Justice Review - Arthur Marinelli

This is an excellent comparative analysis of plea bargaining. This book is a significant contribution to the emerging field of comparative criminal justice.

JOHN A. CONLEY

...provides an in-depth account of the development of the plea bargaining process in two distinct legal systems.

LARRY SIEGEL