| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 588 pages) : forms |
| Contents |
Development of international extradition in the United States -- Extradition from the United States : statutes -- Extradition from the United States : treaties and other agreements -- Extradition from United States : operation in practice -- Extradition to United States : statutes -- Extradition to United States : treaties -- Extradition to United States : operation in practice -- Effect of extradition on subsequent prosecution in United States -- International transfer of proceedings in criminal matters : United States perspective |
| Summary |
As recently as the early 1970s, the United States typically made and received only 40 requests for international extradition per year. As the world has become ""flatter"", there has been a concomitant explosion in transnational criminal activity to which the United States has had to respond. In 2008 alone, 589 people were extradited to it and many others extradited by it. The treatise is designed for prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges and academics. Written by the former Department of Justice official responsible for implementation of United States extradition statutes and treaties as it b |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Extradition -- United States
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LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
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Extradition
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789047443858 |
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9047443853 |
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1282951068 |
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9781282951068 |
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