The American jury system
Jonakait, Randolph N.
The American jury system [electronic resource] / Randolph N. Jonakait. - New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2003. - xxv, 346 p. - Yale contemporary law series . - Contemporary law series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-330) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Jury--United States.
Electronic books.
KF8972 / .J66 2003
347.73/752
The American jury system [electronic resource] / Randolph N. Jonakait. - New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2003. - xxv, 346 p. - Yale contemporary law series . - Contemporary law series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-330) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Jury--United States.
Electronic books.
KF8972 / .J66 2003
347.73/752