Troubling Confessions PDF book is popular Law book written by Peter Brooks. The book was released by University of Chicago Press on 2000-05-22 with total hardcover pages 238. Fast download link is given in this page, you could read Troubling Confessions by Peter Brooks in PDF, epub and kindle directly from your devices.
Literature has often understood the problematic nature of confession better than the law, as Brooks demonstrates in perceptive readings of legal cases set again
How did the United States, a nation known for protecting the “right to remain silent” become notorious for condoning and using controversial tactics like wa
The extreme interrogation tactics permitted after the 9/11 attacks illustrate that the level of fear in society can influence the law of interrogation. In light
In Troubling Confessions, Peter Brooks juxtaposes law and literature to explore the kinds of truth we associate with confessions, and why we both rely on them a
Why do people confess to crimes they did not commit? And, surely, those cases must be rare? In fact, it happens all the time—in police stations, workplaces, p
