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The American jury system

by Jonakait, Randolph N.

Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.

Series: Yale contemporary law series Published by : Yale University Press, (New Haven [Conn.] :) Physical details: xxv, 346 p.

Subject(s): Jury -- United States. | Electronic books.

Year: 2003

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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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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