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Examines different aspects of the independent counsel statute. Legal history of the statute and its provisions; Procedures for the appointment of an independent counsel; Relationship between an independent counsel and other actors in the political system; Role of the independent counsel in the development and practice of the government's evidentiary privileges.

Focuses on the United States Supreme Court case `Jones v. United States' to illustrate the tension between facts which are necessary to a crime and those which merely relate to the severity of the punishment. Historical evolution of the issue; Proposed solutions to the dilemma.