The Jury: A Very Short Introduction
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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, Renee 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.
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Lettow Lerner, R., & Colas, C. (2023). The Jury: A Very Short Introduction. Unabridged. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Lettow Lerner, Renée and Cathi, Colas. 2023. The Jury: A Very Short Introduction. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Lettow Lerner, Renée and Cathi, Colas, The Jury: A Very Short Introduction. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc, 2023.
MLA Citation (style guide)Lettow Lerner, Renée, and Cathi Colas. The Jury: A Very Short Introduction. Unabridged. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc, 2023.
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