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OverviewFrom ancient Athens to modern Asia, cultures have wanted ordinary people involved in making legal decisions. This Very Short Introduction charts juries from antiquity through the English-speaking world and beyond to Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Today, juries have become a symbol of democracy and popular legitimacy. But in English-speaking countries, jury trials are declining. Civil juries have been virtually abolished everywhere except the United States, and plea bargaining is taking the place of criminal jury trials. In this book, Renée Lettow Lerner describes the benefits and challenges of using juries, including jury nullification. She considers how innovations from non-English-speaking countries may be key to the survival of citizen participation in the legal system. 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Renée Lettow Lerner (Donald Phillip Rothschild Research Professor of Law, Donald Phillip Rothschild Research Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 11.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 17.40cm Weight: 0.150kg ISBN: 9780190923914ISBN 10: 0190923911 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 23 March 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsList of illustrations Introduction 1. Why use lay jurors? The ancient and medieval world 2. Reasons for lay jurors in early modern and modern societies 3. Jury nullification 4. Who serves as a juror? 5. The scope and structure of the jury 6. The limitations of lay jurors 7. Jury control and avoidance 8. The Future of the Jury References Further reading IndexReviewsThis is a fascinating short book written with an international emphasis by an American academic who, like many of her US colleagues, values English common law perhaps more than we do. The book introduces the subject with consideration of two films made in the same period. They are To Kill a Mockingbird and 12 Angry Men (pictured), both of which have very different outcomes but deal with jury trial. * David Pickup, The Gazette * Author InformationRenée Lettow Lerner is the Donald Phillip Rothschild Research Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School. After graduating from Yale Law School, she was a law clerk to Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court and to Judge Stephen F. Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. From 2003 to 2005, she served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice. She was a witness in a murder case in Paris, France, before a mixed panel of professional judges and lay jurors. Lerner is the author of History of the Common Law: The Development of Anglo-American Legal Institutions (2009). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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