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The Supreme Court's Construction Of The Self-Incrimination Clause, Edward S. Corwin
The Supreme Court's Construction Of The Self-Incrimination Clause, Edward S. Corwin
Michigan Law Review
The second pivotal decision of the court in construction of the self-incrimination clause is that in Counselman v. Hitchcock, decided in 1892. An advantageous approach to it is furnished by certain earlier state and federal court decisions applying the common law regarding the privilege of witnesses.