Impeachment: The Constitutional Problems, Enlarged Edition / Edition 2

Impeachment: The Constitutional Problems, Enlarged Edition / Edition 2

by Raoul Berger
ISBN-10:
0674444787
ISBN-13:
9780674444782
Pub. Date:
01/01/1999
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10:
0674444787
ISBN-13:
9780674444782
Pub. Date:
01/01/1999
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
Impeachment: The Constitutional Problems, Enlarged Edition / Edition 2

Impeachment: The Constitutional Problems, Enlarged Edition / Edition 2

by Raoul Berger

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Overview

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. Raoul 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. In an addition to the book, Berger finds firm footing in contesting the views of one-time Judge Robert Bork and President Nixon’s lawyer, James St. Clair.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780674444782
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 01/01/1999
Series: Studies in Legal History
Edition description: Enlarged
Pages: 359
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

Abbreviations

Preface

Introduction

The Parliamentary Power to Declare Retrospective Treasons

"High Crimes and Misdemeanors"

Judicial Review

Exclusivity of Impeachment and Judicial "Good Behavior" Tenure

Insanity-Disability-Senility

Is Removal Limited to Misconduct in Office?

Exemption of Legislators from Impeachment

The Impeachment of Justice Samuel Chase

The Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson

Conclusion

Epilogue

Appendix A. Theodore Dwight's Indictability Citations

Appendix B. Luther Martin's Indictability Citations

Appendix C. Early English Bribery Statutes

Appendix D. Congressman David Stone on "Good Behavior" and Impeachment (1802)

Bibliography

General Index

Index of Cases

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