In Re Gault and the Persisting Questions of Procedural Due Process and Legal Ethics in Juvenile Courts

Authors

H. Bruce Hamilton, University of Nebraska College of Law

Abstract

I. Introduction

II. Procedural Due Process … A. Partially Answered Questions … (1) Counsel … (2) Waiver … B. Unanswered Questions … (1) Arrest and Screening … (2) Grand Jury Indictment … (3) Bail … (4) Trial by Jury … (5) Speedy and Public Trial … (6) Hearsay Evidence … (7) Illegally Obtained Evidence … (8) Standard of Proof … (9) Mens Rea … (10) Transcripts and Records … (11) Double Jeopardy … (12) Cruel and Unusual Punishment … (13) Right to Appeal … (14) Retroactivity

III. Legal Ethics … A. Duty to Whom? … B. What Duty?

IV. Conclusion

Recommended Citation

H. Bruce Hamilton, In Re Gault and the Persisting Questions of Procedural Due Process and Legal Ethics in Juvenile Courts, 47 Neb. L. Rev. 558 (1968)
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