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Autore |
Finkel Norman J |
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Titolo |
Commonsense justice : jurors' notions of the law / / Norman J. Finkel |
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Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1995 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (390p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Law - United States - Public opinion |
Jury - United States |
Justice |
Common sense |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-381) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. In Search of Community Sentiment -- 2. Understanding Nullification -- 3. Revealing Jurors’ Sentiments -- 4. How Jurors Construct Reality -- 5. Objectivity versus Subjectivity in the Law -- 6. The Sacred Precinct of the Bedroom -- 7. The Right to Die -- 8. Cruel and Unusual Punishment -- 9. Murther Most Foul -- 10. Death Is Different -- 11. The Juvenile Death Penalty -- 12. On Self-Defense Justice -- 13. The Self-Defense Drama -- 14. The Maddening Changes in Insanity Law -- 15. How Jurors Construe Insanity -- 16. Murderous Passions, Mitigating Sentiments -- 17. The Path of Commonsense Justice -- Notes -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Norman J. Finkel explores the relationship between the law on the books, as set down in the Constitution and developed in cases and decisions, and what he calls commonsense justice, the ordinary citizen's notions of what is just and fair. |
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