Lerner Renee Lettow (Donald Phillip Rothschild Research Professor Of Law Donald Phillip Rothschild Research Professor Of Law George Washington University Law School)
Lerner Renee Lettow (Donald Phillip Rothschild Research Professor Of Law Donald Phillip Rothschild Research Professor Of Law George Washington University Law School) - The Jury: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback
Lerner Renee Lettow (Donald Phillip Rothschild Research Professor Of Law Donald Phillip Rothschild Research Professor Of Law George Washington University Law School) - The Jury: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback
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Description: From ancient Athens to modern Asia cultures have wanted ordinary people involved in making legal decisions. This Very Short Introduction charts juries from antiquity through the English - speaking world and beyond to Europe Latin America Africa and Asia. Today juries have become a symbol of democracy and popular legitimacy. But in English - speaking countries jury trials are declining. Civil juries have been virtually abolished everywhere except the United States and plea bargaining is taking the place of criminal jury trials. In this book Ren e Lettow Lerner describes the benefits and challenges of using juries including jury nullification. She considers how innovations from non - English - speaking countries may be key to the survival of citizen participation in the legal system. Along the way the book tells how a small German state invented a way of using jurors that is now found around the world. And it reveals why some defendants preferred to be crushed to death by weights rather than convicted by a jury.
Title: The Jury: A Very Short Introduction
Author(s): Lerner Renee Lettow (Donald Phillip Rothschild Research Professor Of Law Donald Phillip Rothschild Research Professor Of Law George Washington University Law School)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780190923914
Pages: 176 Pages, 10 B/W Halftones
Publication Date: 2/28/2023
Series: Very Short Introductions
Category: Criminal Law & Procedure
Description: From ancient Athens to modern Asia cultures have wanted ordinary people involved in making legal decisions. This Very Short Introduction charts juries from antiquity through the English - speaking world and beyond to Europe Latin America Africa and Asia. Today juries have become a symbol of democracy and popular legitimacy. But in English - speaking countries jury trials are declining. Civil juries have been virtually abolished everywhere except the United States and plea bargaining is taking the place of criminal jury trials. In this book Ren e Lettow Lerner describes the benefits and challenges of using juries including jury nullification. She considers how innovations from non - English - speaking countries may be key to the survival of citizen participation in the legal system. Along the way the book tells how a small German state invented a way of using jurors that is now found around the world. And it reveals why some defendants preferred to be crushed to death by weights rather than convicted by a jury.
Title: The Jury: A Very Short Introduction
Author(s): Lerner Renee Lettow (Donald Phillip Rothschild Research Professor Of Law Donald Phillip Rothschild Research Professor Of Law George Washington University Law School)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780190923914
Pages: 176 Pages, 10 B/W Halftones
Publication Date: 2/28/2023
Series: Very Short Introductions
Category: Criminal Law & Procedure
