The American Jury System

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Yale University Press, 2008年10月1日 - 384 頁
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.
 

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1 Overview
1
2 Checking Abuses of Power
18
3 Hammering Out Facts
41
4 Juries and Community Values
64
5 Abide the Issue
75
6 Jury Size and Jury Performance
87
7 Unanimity and Hung Juries
94
8 The Vicinage
105
13 The Adversary System
172
14 Presentation of Evidence
185
15 Instructions
198
16 Jury Verdicts and the Primacy of Evidence
218
17 Jury Trials of Complex Cases
233
18 Jury Nullification
245
19 The Finality of Verdicts
265
20 Reform
279

9 The Most Diverse of Our Democratic Bodies
114
10 Challenges for Cause
128
11 Peremptory Challenges
139
12 Scientific Jury Selection
156
Notes
295
Index
331
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Randolph N. Jonakait is professor of law at New York Law School.

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