Searches, Seizures, and Warrants: A Reference Guide to the United States Constitution

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ABC-CLIO, 2003 - Political Science - 174 pages
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An inherent tension resides in the Fourth Amendment's strictures on unreasonable searches and seizures. We want it to protect our privacy from government intrusion, yet we want the police to do whatever is required to solve crime. Greater controls on the power of the police provide more privacy protections to citizens. Reduced controls on police actions provide less privacy protection to citizens. Bloom explores this tension as he guides the reader to through the history and relevant Supreme Court decisions that have shaped the current state of Fourth Amendment law.

 

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Contents

BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY
119
TABLE OF CASES
165
INDEX
171
Copyright

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About the author (2003)

ROBERT M. BLOOM is Professor of Law at Boston College Law School. He is the author of Ratting: The Use and Abuse of Informants in the American Justice System (Praeger, 2002), and Criminal Procedure (2nd edition, 1996), and Constitutional Criminal Procedure (1992).

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TitleSearches, Seizures, and Warrants: A Reference Guide to the United States Constitution
Reference guides to the United States Constitution, ISSN 1539-8986
AuthorRobert M. Bloom
PublisherABC-CLIO, 2003
ISBN0313314454, 9780313314452
Length174 pages
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