Commonsense justice : jurors' notions of the law /

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Norman J. Finkel explores the relationship between the law on the books, as set down in the Constitution and developed in cases and decisions, and what he calls commonsense justice, the ordinary citizen's notions of what is just and fair.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Finkel, Norman J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1995.
Subjects:
Law > United States > Public opinion.
Jury > United States.
Justice.
Common sense.
Droit > États-Unis > Opinion publique.
Sens commun.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > General.
Jury.
Law > Public opinion.
Juryrechtspraak.
Rechtsgevoel.
United States.
Justice
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • In search of community sentiment
  • Understandigng nullification
  • Revealing jurors' sentiments
  • How jurors construct reality
  • Objectivity versus subjectivity in the law
  • The sacred precinct of the bedroom
  • The right to die
  • Cruel and unusual punishment
  • Murther most foul
  • Death is different
  • The juvenile death penalty
  • On self-defense justice
  • The self-defense drama
  • The maddening changes in insanity law
  • How jurors construe insanity
  • Murderous passions, mitigating sentiments
  • The path of commonsense justice.

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