Congress' Contempt Power

by Shampansky, Jay R.

• ISBN13: 9781590337059
• ISBN10: 1590337050
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Summary	ix
Chapter 1 Introduction	1	(2)
Chapter 2 The Power to Investigate	3	(2)
Chapter 3 The Investigatory and Contempt Powers: Early History	5	(4)
Chapter 4 Inherent Contempt	9	(4)
Chapter 5 Statutory Criminal Contempt	13	(6)
Chapter 6 Statutory Civil Contempt	19	(4)
Chapter 7 Non-Constitutional Limitations	23	(8)
Authorization and Jurisdiction	23	(2)
Legislative Purpose	25	(1)
Pertinency	26	(1)
Willfulness	27	(1)
Other Procedural Requirement	28	(1)
Common Law Privileges	29	(2)
Chapter 8 Constitutional Limitations	31	(12)
First Amendment	31	(3)
Fourth Amendment	34	(3)
Fifth Amendment Privilege against Self Incrimination	37	(3)
Fifth Amendment Due Process Rights	40	(3)
Chapter 9 Contempt by an Executive branch Official: Executive Privilege and Precedents	43	(10)
Executive Privilege	44	(2)
The Burford Contempt	46	(4)
Committee Citations of Cabinet Secretaries	50	(3)
Chapter 10 Contempt by an Executive Branch Official: Problems and Alternatives	53	(10)
Problems	53	(4)
Alternative to Contempt	57	(6)
Index	63