LEADER 03227nam 22006134a 450 001 9910813964903321 005 20240418001048.0 010 $a1-281-73021-1 010 $a9786611730215 010 $a0-300-12940-8 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300129403 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471995 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23049584 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000102225 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11122462 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102225 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10049894 035 $a(PQKB)10711753 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420129 035 $a(DE-B1597)485162 035 $a(OCoLC)952732095 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300129403 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420129 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10170819 035 $a(OCoLC)923590416 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471995 100 $a20020830d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe American jury system /$fRandolph N. Jonakait 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven [Conn.] $cYale University Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (384 p.) 225 1 $aYale contemporary law series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-09395-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 295-330) and index. 327 $aOverview -- 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. 330 $aHow are juries selected in the United States? What forces influence juries in making their decisions? Are some cases simply beyond the ability of juries to decide? How useful is the entire jury system?In this important and accessible book, a prominent expert on constitutional law examines these and other issues concerning the American jury system. Randolph N. Jonakait describes the historical and social pressures that have driven the development of the jury system; contrasts the American jury system to the legal process in other countries; reveals subtle changes in the popular view of juries; examines how the news media, movies, and books portray and even affect the system; and discusses the empirical data that show how juries actually operate and what influences their decisions. Jonakait endorses the jury system in both civil and criminal cases, spelling out the important social role juries play in legitimizing and affirming the American justice system. 410 0$aContemporary law series. 606 $aJury$zUnited States 615 0$aJury 676 $a347.73/752 700 $aJonakait$b Randolph N$01629461 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813964903321 996 $aThe American jury system$93967204 997 $aUNINA