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Author Jonakait, Randolph N., author.

Title The American jury system / Randolph N. Jonakait.

Publication Info. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2003]
©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 346 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Yale contemporary law series
Contemporary law series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Jury -- United States.
Jury.
United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Jonakait, Randolph N. American jury system. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2003 0300093950 9780300093957 (DLC) 2002014241 (OCoLC)50560686
ISBN 9780300129403 (electronic book)
0300129408 (electronic book)
0300093950
9780300093957