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portada The Jury a Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2023
Language
English
Pages
176
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9780190923914
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The Jury a Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Lerner, Renée Lettow (Author) · Oxford University Press · Paperback

The Jury a Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) - Lerner, Renée Lettow

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Synopsis "The Jury a Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) "

Almost every society has professional judges, but from ancient Athens to modern Asia, cultures have wanted ordinary people involved in legal decisions. The use of juries comes with challenges; societies must determine how to select jurors, what cases jurors should decide and by what rules, and how to inform jurors about the law and evidence. This Very Short Introduction shows how and why societies around the world have used juries, charting the spread of the twelve-person jury from England to the British colonies in America, Canada, India, Australia, New Zealand, and the Caribbean. In criminal cases, use of lay jurors has stretched to nations in Europe, Latin America, and Asia as they aspire to democracy, greater popular participation in government, and legitimacy of the justice system. But in English-speaking countries, jury trials are declining. Civil juries have been virtually abolished everywhere except the United States, and even there they are rare. In criminal cases, plea bargaining is now taking the place of jury trials. In this book, Renée Lettow Lerner describes the benefits and challenges of using juries, including jury nullification, and considers how innovations from non-English-speaking countries may be key to the survival of lay participation. 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.

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