LEADER 03646nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910778443403321 005 20221107232036.0 010 $a0-674-03687-5 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674036871 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805439 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050687 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000125635 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11141337 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000125635 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10028001 035 $a(PQKB)11077611 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300575 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10326120 035 $a(OCoLC)923112182 035 $a(DE-B1597)574329 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674036871 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300575 035 $a(OCoLC)1301548712 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805439 100 $a19950301d1995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCommonsense justice$b[electronic resource] $ejurors' notions of the law /$fNorman J. Finkel 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d1995 215 $a1 online resource (390p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-14670-0 311 $a0-674-00556-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [339]-381) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. In Search of Community Sentiment -- $t2. Understanding Nullification -- $t3. Revealing Jurors? Sentiments -- $t4. How Jurors Construct Reality -- $t5. Objectivity versus Subjectivity in the Law -- $t6. The Sacred Precinct of the Bedroom -- $t7. The Right to Die -- $t8. Cruel and Unusual Punishment -- $t9. Murther Most Foul -- $t10. Death Is Different -- $t11. The Juvenile Death Penalty -- $t12. On Self-Defense Justice -- $t13. The Self-Defense Drama -- $t14. The Maddening Changes in Insanity Law -- $t15. How Jurors Construe Insanity -- $t16. Murderous Passions, Mitigating Sentiments -- $t17. The Path of Commonsense Justice -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aNorman 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. 330 $bLaw 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. 606 $aLaw$zUnited States$xPublic opinion 606 $aJury$zUnited States 606 $aJustice 606 $aCommon sense 615 0$aLaw$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aJury 615 0$aJustice. 615 0$aCommon sense. 676 $a340.115 700 $aFinkel$b Norman J$01511693 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778443403321 996 $aCommonsense justice$93745167 997 $aUNINA