{"product_id":"plea-bargainings-triumph-9780804751353","title":"Plea Bargainings Triumph","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough originally an interloper in a system of justice mediated by courtroom battles, plea bargaining now dominates American criminal justice. This book traces the evolution of plea bargaining from its beginnings in the early 19th century to its present pervasive role.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bold in its own right, \u003ci\u003ePlea Bargaining's Triumph\u003c\/i\u003e is both an excellent synthesis and refutation of existing scholarship, and it may contribute to law reform.\"—John G. Jacobsen, University of Nebraska, Lincoln\u003cbr\u003e\"Rarely does a work of legal history speak so clearly to contemporary crisis as does George Fisher's \u003ci\u003ePlea Bargaining's Triumph\u003c\/i\u003e.—Candace McCoy, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University\u003cbr\u003e\"Fisher's wide-ranging and innovative approach makes a major contribution to our understanding of the origins and stability of plea bargaining as a central feature of our modern criminal courts.\"—\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A practice like plea bargaining is so pervasive that no one gives it a second thought. It is good to look back to its origins, and \u003ci\u003ePlea Bargaining's Triumph\u003c\/i\u003e is to be praised, and read, for doing so.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Federal Lawyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fisher has produced the best account of the rise and 'triumph' of plea bargaining in the literature of American criminal justice history. He has also produced a provocative work of interdisciplinary history that merits the attention of all scholars who write about the past.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Interdisciplinary History\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405561340247,"sku":"9780804751353","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804751353.jpg?v=1730492838","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/plea-bargainings-triumph-9780804751353","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}