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Author Jonakait, Randolph N.

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

Imprint New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2003.

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Description xxv, 346 p.
Series Yale contemporary law series
Contemporary law series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-330) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Jury -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0300093950 (C : alk. paper)

 
    
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