03646nam 2200649Ia 450 991077844340332120221107232036.00-674-03687-510.4159/9780674036871(CKB)1000000000805439(StDuBDS)AH23050687(SSID)ssj0000125635(PQKBManifestationID)11141337(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000125635(PQKBWorkID)10028001(PQKB)11077611(Au-PeEL)EBL3300575(CaPaEBR)ebr10326120(OCoLC)923112182(DE-B1597)574329(DE-B1597)9780674036871(MiAaPQ)EBC3300575(OCoLC)1301548712(EXLCZ)99100000000080543919950301d1995 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrCommonsense justice[electronic resource] jurors' notions of the law /Norman J. FinkelCambridge, MA Harvard University Press19951 online resource (390p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-14670-0 0-674-00556-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-381) and index.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 -- IndexNorman 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.Law is an essentially human endeavour, a collection of psychological theories about why people think, feel, and behave as they do, and when and why we should find some of them blameworthy and punishable. But is it independent of community sentiment, as some would contend? Or do juries bring the community's judgment to bear on the moral blameworthiness of the defendant? When jurors decide that the law is unfair, or the punishment inappropriate for a particular defendant, they have sometimes nullified the law-not to defeat legal authority but "to perfect and complete" it. In this book, 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.LawUnited StatesPublic opinionJuryUnited StatesJusticeCommon senseLawPublic opinion.JuryJustice.Common sense.340.115Finkel Norman J1511693MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778443403321Commonsense justice3745167UNINA