1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451788003321

Autore

Jonakait Randolph N

Titolo

The American jury system [[electronic resource] /] / Randolph N. Jonakait

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, c2003

ISBN

1-281-73021-1

9786611730215

0-300-12940-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Collana

Yale contemporary law series

Disciplina

347.73/752

Soggetti

Jury - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-330) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

How are juries selected in the United States? What forces influence juries in making their decisions? Are some cases simply beyond the ability of juries to decide? How useful is the entire jury system?In this important and accessible book, a prominent expert on constitutional law examines these and other issues concerning the American jury system. Randolph N. Jonakait describes the historical and social pressures that have driven the development of the jury system; contrasts the American jury system to the legal process in other countries; reveals subtle changes in the popular view of juries; examines how the news media, movies, and books portray and even affect the system; and discusses the empirical data that show how juries actually operate and what influences their decisions. Jonakait



endorses the jury system in both civil and criminal cases, spelling out the important social role juries play in legitimizing and affirming the American justice system.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910965168603321

Autore

Wunsch Carl

Titolo

Discrete inverse and state estimation problems : with geophysical fluid applications / / Carl Wunsch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2006

ISBN

1-107-16577-6

1-280-48007-6

0-511-22063-4

0-511-22124-X

0-511-21927-X

0-511-53594-5

0-511-31695-X

0-511-21995-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 371 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

551.4601519287

Soggetti

Oceanography - Mathematical models

Estimation theory

Geophysics - Fluid models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Fundamental machinery -- Basic machinery -- Extensions of methods -- The time-dependent inverse problem : state estimation -- Time-dependent methods 2 -- Applications to steady problems -- Applications to time-dependent fluid problems.

Sommario/riassunto

The problems of making inferences about the natural world from noisy observations and imperfect theories occur in almost all scientific disciplines. This 2006 book addresses these problems using examples taken from geophysical fluid dynamics. It focuses on discrete



formulations, both static and time-varying, known variously as inverse, state estimation or data assimilation problems. Starting with fundamental algebraic and statistical ideas, the book guides the reader through a range of inference tools including the singular value decomposition, Gauss-Markov and minimum variance estimates, Kalman filters and related smoothers, and adjoint (Lagrange multiplier) methods. The final chapters discuss a variety of practical applications to geophysical flow problems. Discrete Inverse and State Estimation Problems is an ideal introduction to the topic for graduate students and researchers in oceanography, meteorology, climate dynamics, and geophysical fluid dynamics. It is also accessible to a wider scientific audience; the only prerequisite is an understanding of linear algebra.