| Description |
390 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-381) and index. |
| Contents |
In search of community sentiment -- Understandigng nullification -- Revealing jurors' sentiments -- How jurors construct reality -- Objectivity versus subjectivity in the law -- The sacred precinct of the bedroom -- The right to die -- Cruel and unusual punishment -- Murther most foul -- Death is different -- The juvenile death penalty -- On self-defense justice -- The self-defense drama -- The maddening changes in insanity law -- How jurors construe insanity -- Murderous passions, mitigating sentiments -- The path of commonsense justice. |
| Subject |
Law -- United States -- Public opinion.
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Law. |
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United States. |
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Public opinion. |
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Jury -- United States.
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Jury. |
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Justice.
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Justice. |
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Common sense.
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Common sense. |
| Indexed Term |
Justice |
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United States |
| Subject |
Law. |
| ISBN |
0674146700 acid-free paper |
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