The Special Prosecutor in American Politics: Second Edition, Revised

by Katy J. Harriger

The federal special prosecutor: unprincipled abuser of power or staunch defender of the law? As Katy Harriger shows, the special prosecutor was a hotly debated and controversial subject throughout much of its existence. This was especially true, she argues, during the lengthy, expensive, and highly-politicized investigations of Lawrence Walsh and Kenneth Starr into allegations concerning Presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. Harriger offers the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700610197
• ISBN13: 9780700610198
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"