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Date Permissions Signed

11-12-2013

Date of Award

2013

Document Type

Masters Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Political Science

First Advisor

Chen, Paul

Second Advisor

Salazar, Debra J.

Third Advisor

Helms, Ronald E.

Abstract

Critics of federalization argue that the federal duplication of state criminal laws places an undue burden on the federal courts and there are too many total federal crimes. Federalism proponents claim that the federal overlap threatens the states' roles as laboratories of democracy. This thesis examines criminal cases in the federal court in the Western District of Washington in 2010 and finds concurrent cases are regularly charged by U.S. attorneys in cooperation with state prosecutors. However, the impact on the court is a direct result of the discretion that U.S. attorneys exercise in filing concurrent cases.

Type

Text

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25710/hrfq-b452

Publisher

Western Washington University

OCLC Number

863705154

Subject – LCSH

Jurisdiciton--United States; Courts--United States; Courts--Washington (State); Judicial power--United States; Justice, Administration of--United States; Justice, Administration of--Washington (State)

Geographic Coverage

United States; Washington (State)

Format

application/pdf

Genre/Form

masters theses

Language

English

Rights

Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this thesis for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author's written permission.

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