Prosecutors and Democracy: A Cross-National Study

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Focusing on the relationship between prosecutors and democracy, this volume throws light on key questions about prosecutors and the role they should play in liberal self-government. Internationally distinguished scholars discuss how prosecutors can strengthen democracy, how they sometimes undermine it, and why it has proven so challenging to hold prosecutors accountable while insulating them from politics. The contributors explore the different ways legal systems have addressed that challenge in the United States, the United Kingdom, and continental Europe. Contrasting those strategies allows an assessment of their relative strengths - and a richer understanding of the contested connections between law and democratic politics. Chapters are in explicit conversation with each other, facilitating comparison and deepening the analysis. This is an important new resource for legal scholars and reformers, political philosophers, and social scientists.

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ASCL Studies in Comparative Law - Series page
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Contributors
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Introduction
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- By Máximo Langer, David Alan Sklansky
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1 - Discretion and Accountability in a Democratic Criminal Law
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- By Antony Duff
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2 - Accounting for Prosecutors
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- By Daniel C. Richman
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3 - The Democratic Accountability of Prosecutors in England and Wales and France: Independence, Discretion and Managerialism
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- By Jacqueline S. Hodgson
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4 - The French Prosecutor as Judge. The Carpenter’s Mistake?
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- By Mathilde Cohen
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5 - German Prosecutors and the Rechtsstaat
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- By Shawn Boyne
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6 - The Organization of Prosecutorial Discretion
pp 138-174
- By William H. Simon
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7 - Prosecutors, Democracy, and Race
pp 175-194
- By Angela J. Davis
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8 - Prosecuting Immigrants in a Democracy
pp 195-226
- By Ingrid V. Eagly
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9 - Beyond Tough on Crime: Towards a Better Politics of Prosecution
pp 227-249
- By Jonathan Simon
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10 - Unpacking the Relationship between Prosecutors and Democracy in the United States
pp 250-275
- By David Alan Sklansky
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Epilogue
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Prosecutors and Democracy – Themes and Counterthemes
- By By Máximo Langer, David Alan Sklansky
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Index
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Prosecutors and Democracy

ASCL Studies in Comparative Law - Series page
pp i-iv

Prosecutors and Democracy - Title page
pp i-iv

Copyright page
pp i-iv

Contents
pp i-iv

Contributors
pp v-vi

Introduction
pp vii-viii

1 - Discretion and Accountability in a Democratic Criminal Law
pp 1-8

2 - Accounting for Prosecutors
pp 9-39

3 - The Democratic Accountability of Prosecutors in England and Wales and France: Independence, Discretion and Managerialism
pp 40-75

4 - The French Prosecutor as Judge. The Carpenter’s Mistake?
pp 76-108

5 - German Prosecutors and the Rechtsstaat
pp 109-137

6 - The Organization of Prosecutorial Discretion
pp 138-174

7 - Prosecutors, Democracy, and Race
pp 175-194

8 - Prosecuting Immigrants in a Democracy
pp 195-226

9 - Beyond Tough on Crime: Towards a Better Politics of Prosecution
pp 227-249

10 - Unpacking the Relationship between Prosecutors and Democracy in the United States
pp 250-275

Epilogue
pp 276-299

Index
pp 300-338

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