Who judges? : designing jury systems in Japan, East Asia, and Europe /

Who Judges? is the first book to explain why different states design their new jury systems in markedly different ways.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kage, Rieko, 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Jury > Japan.
Jury selection > Japan.
Justice, Administration of > Japan.
Jury.
Justice, Administration of.
Choix du jury > Japon.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
Jury selection.
Japan.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Theoretical framework: participation and partisan politics
  • 3. The distribution of cases
  • 4. The history of the lay judge system debate in Japan up to 1996
  • 5. Bringing the lay judge system back in, 1997-2004
  • 6. Setting the agenda: new left-oriented parties and deliberations in the Japanese parliament
  • 7. Proposals for lay participation in the Republic of China
  • 8. Introducing jury systems in South Korea and Spain
  • 9. The impact of new lay judge systems
  • 10. Conclusions.

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