The Supreme Court against the criminal jury : social science and the palladium of liberty /

The Supreme Court against the Criminal Jury critiques the Supreme Court's decisions to allow reduced jury sizes and less than unanimous jury verdicts to determine guilt. John A. Murley and Sean D. Sutton challenges the Court's decisions by examining its incomplete understanding of the purp...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Murley, John A. (John Albert) (Author), Sutton, Sean D., 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2014]
Subjects:
United States. > Supreme Court.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court.
United States. > Supreme Court
Jury > United States.
Law and the social sciences > United States.
Droit et sciences sociales > États-Unis.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Jury
Law and the social sciences
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The emergence of the criminal jury as a contemporary political problem
  • Six volume twelve: the Court's use of history
  • "no discernible difference" : on the Court's use of social science
  • Auxiliary precautions: unanimous jury verdicts volume majority jury verdicts
  • Majority verdict and jury nullification.

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