The American jury system /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jonakait, Randolph N. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2003]
Colección:Contemporary law series.
Temas:
Jury > United States.
Jury > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Jury.
Jury
Juryrechtspraak.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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