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The right to the assistance of counsel : a reference guide to the United States Constitution

Author: James J Tomkovicz
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.
Series: Reference guides to the United States Constitution, no. 1.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Tomkovicz, James J.
Right to the assistance of counsel.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002
(OCoLC)606916853
Online version:
Tomkovicz, James J.
Right to the assistance of counsel.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002
(OCoLC)607661571
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: James J Tomkovicz
ISBN: 0313314489 9780313314483
OCLC Number: 48613191
Description: xxv, 258 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Series Foreword / Jack Stark --
Foreword / Yale Kamisar --
A History of the Right to Counsel --
Humble Beginnings: The English Common Law Right to the Assistance of Counsel --
The Early English Common Law Right to Counsel --
The Beginnings of an Entitlement to Counsel in Felony and in Treason Cases --
A Departure from the British Common Law Rule: The Right to Counsel in America Prior to the Adoption of the Sixth Amendment --
Criminal Procedures and Attitudes in Colonial America --
Constitutional Entitlements to the Assistance of Counsel in the Colonies and States --
Statutory Entitlements to the Assistance of Counsel in the Colonies and States --
A Common Law Rejection of the British Rule --
Adherence to the British Common Law Rule --
The Right of Self-Representation in America --
The Formulation of a National Constitution and the Adoption of the Sixth Amendment Right to the Assistance of Counsel --
The Constitutional Convention and the Drafting of the United States Constitution --
The Debate over Ratification: Eventual Agreement on the Need for a Bill of Rights --
Ratifications of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights: The Sixth Amendment "Right to the Assistance of Counsel" Is Born --
The History of the Right to Counsel after Ratification of the Sixth Amendment --
The Adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution --
Powell v. Alabama: A Due Process Right to Retained and Appointed Assistance in State Court --
Johnson v. Zerbst: A Sixth Amendment Right to Appointed Assistance in Federal Court.
Series Title: Reference guides to the United States Constitution, no. 1.
Responsibility: James J. Tomkovicz ; foreword by Yale Kamisar.

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