The American jury system [electronic resource] / Randolph N. Jonakait.

By: Jonakait, Randolph NContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Contemporary law seriesPublication details: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2003Description: xxv, 346 pSubject(s): Jury -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 347.73/752 LOC classification: KF8972 | .J66 2003Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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.

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