Introduction -- History of bail in america -- Bail as a constitutional right -- The bail process : how pretrial release operates and the types of release before trial -- Bail and prediction of crime -- Individual and societal costs of pretrial detention -- Race and bail in the criminal justice system -- Bail and the sixth amendment rights to counsel and jury trial -- International bail -- Money bail -- Optimal bail : using constitutional and empirical tools to reform America's bail system.
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