Fifth Amendment First Principles: The Self-Incrimination Clause

Authors

Akhil Reed Amar, Yale Law School
Renée B. Lettow, Yale Law School

Abstract

In Part I of this article, we examine the global puzzle of the Self-Incrimination Clause and the local confusion or perversion lurking behind virtually every key word and phrase in the clause as now construed. In Part II we elaborate our reading of the clause and show how it clears up the local problems and solves the overall puzzle.

Recommended Citation

Akhil R. Amar & Renée B. Lettow, Fifth Amendment First Principles: The Self-Incrimination Clause, 93 Mich. L. Rev. 857 (1995).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol93/iss5/2