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

By: Jonakait, Randolph N.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Contemporary law series: Publisher: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2003Description: xxv, 346 p. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Jury -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 347.73/752 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; 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.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.