Investigative Oversight: An Introduction to the Law, Practice and Procedure of Congressional Inquiry
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This report will provide an overview of some of the more common legal, procedural and practical issues, questions, and problems that committees have faced in the course of an investigation. Following a summary of the case law developing the scope and limitations of the power of inquiry, the essential tools of investigative oversight--subpoenas, staff interviews and depositions, grants of immunity, and the contempt power -- are described. Next, some of the special problems of investigating the e…
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Date:
April 7, 1995
Creator:
Rosenberg, Morton
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