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Race in the jury box : affirmative action in jury selection /

"Race in the Jury Box focuses on the racially unrepresentative jury as one of the remaining barriers to racial equality and a recurring source of controversy in American life. Because members of minority groups remain underrepresented on juries, various communities have tried race-conscious jur...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Fukurai, Hiroshi, 1954-
Autres auteurs: Krooth, Richard
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©2003.
Collection:SUNY series in new directions in crime and justice studies.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 Introduction to Racially Mixed Juries
  • Ch. 2 Defining and Measuring Race and Racial Identity
  • Ch. 3 Racially Mixed Juries and Affirmative Action
  • Ch. 4 Eugene "Bear" Lincoln and the Native American Jury: Affirmative Action in Jury Selection and Peremptory Inclusion
  • Ch. 5 Sixth Amendment and the Racially Mixed Jury
  • Ch. 6 Shortcomings of Procedurally Based Remedies: Jury Representation from the Beginning to the End of the Jury Selection Process
  • Ch. 7 Jury Nullification and the Minority-Dominant Criminal Jury: The O.J. Simpson Verdict and Acquittal by Race
  • Ch. 8 Jury Nullification and Affirmative Action Juries
  • Ch. 9 Race and the Affirmative Jury: Conclusions
  • App. B Methodological Strategies on how to Determine and Measure Race in Courtrooms.