عنوان

The American jury system /

(Number (ISBN

0300129408

(Number (ISBN

9780300129403

Erroneous ISBN

0300093950

Erroneous ISBN

0300124635

Erroneous ISBN

9780300093957

Erroneous ISBN

9780300124637

Number

b745752

Title Proper

The American jury system /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Randolph N. Jonakait.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New Haven :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Yale University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2003]

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2003

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xxv, 346 pages).

Series Title

Yale contemporary law series

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-330) and index.

Text of Note

Overview -- Checking abuses of power -- Hammering out facts -- Juries and community values -- Abide the issue -- Jury size and jury performance -- Unanimity and hung juries -- The vicinage -- The most diverse of our democratic bodies -- Challenges for cause -- Preemptory challenges -- "Scientific" jury selection -- The adversary system -- Presentation of evidence -- Instructions -- Jury verdicts and the primacy of evidence -- Jury trials of complex cases -- Jury nullification -- The finality of verdicts -- Reform.

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Text of Note

How are juries selected in the United States? What forces influence juries in making their decisions? Are some cases simply beyond the ability of juries to decide? How useful is the entire jury system?In this important and accessible book, a prominent expert on constitutional law examines these and other issues concerning the American jury system. Randolph N. Jonakait describes the historical and social pressures that have driven the development of the jury system; contrasts the American jury system to the legal process in other countries; reveals subtle changes in the popular view of juries; examines how the news media, movies, and books portray and even affect the system; and discusses the empirical data that show how juries actually operate and what influences their decisions. Jonakait endorses the jury system in both civil and criminal cases, spelling out the important social role juries play in legitimizing and affirming the American justice system.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

JSTOR

Stock Number

22573/ctt113wbc

Title

American jury system.

International Standard Book Number

0300093950

Jury-- United States.

Jury-- États-Unis.

Jury.

Juryrechtspraak.

LAW-- Civil Procedure.

LAW-- Jury.

LAW-- Legal Services.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- Judicial Branch.

United States.

7

LAW-- 012000

LAW-- 062000

LAW053000

POL-- 040030

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Jonakait, Randolph N.

Date of Transaction

20201204055956.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

rda

Electronic name

[Book]

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