The Jury: A Very Short Introduction by Ren?e Lettow Lerner Paperback Book

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This book shows how and why societies around the world have used juries, from ancient Athens to today. It considers the present decline of jury trials in English speaking countries, the alternatives that have been used throughout history, and analyses how innovations from these non-English-speaking countries may hold the key to jurors' survival.

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From ancient Athens to modern Asia, cultures have wanted ordinary people involved in making legal decisions. This Very Short Introduction charts juries from antiquity through the English-speaking world and beyond to Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Today, juries have become a symbol of democracy and popular legitimacy. But in English-speaking countries, jury trials are declining. Civil juries have been virtually abolishedeverywhere except the United States, and plea bargaining is taking the place of criminal jury trials. In this book, Renée Lettow Lerner describes the benefits and challenges of using juries, including jurynullification. She considers how innovations from non-English-speaking countries may be key to the survival of citizen participation in the legal system. Along the way, the book tells how a small German state invented a way of using jurors that is now found around the world. And it reveals why some defendants preferred to be crushed to death by weights rather than convicted by a jury.

Author Biography

Renée Lettow Lerner is the Donald Phillip Rothschild Research Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School. After graduating from Yale Law School, she was a law clerk to Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court and to Judge Stephen F. Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. From 2003 to 2005, she served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel at theU.S. Department of Justice. She was a witness in a murder case in Paris, France, before a mixed panel of professional judges and lay jurors. Lerner is the author of History of the Common Law: The Development of Anglo-AmericanLegal Institutions (2009).

Table of Contents

List of illustrationsIntroduction1. Why use lay jurors? The ancient and medieval world2. Reasons for lay jurors in early modern and modern societies3. Jury nullification4. Who serves as a juror?5. The scope and structure of the jury6. The limitations of lay jurors7. Jury control and avoidance8. The Future of the JuryReferencesFurther readingIndex

Review

This is a fascinating short book written with an international emphasis by an American academic who, like many of her US colleagues, values English common law perhaps more than we do. The book introduces the subject with consideration of two films made in the same period. They are To Kill a Mockingbird and 12 Angry Men (pictured), both of which have very different outcomes but deal with jury trial. * David Pickup, The Gazette *An excellent and fascinating short book written with an international emphasis. * Best Law Books of the Year 2023, The Law Gazzette *

Long Description

Almost every society has professional judges, but from ancient Athens to modern Asia, cultures have wanted ordinary people involved in criminal judgment: the jury. The use of juries comes with challenges; societies must determine how to select jurors, what cases jurors should decide and by what rules, and how to inform jurors about the law and evidence.This Very Short Introduction shows how and why societies around the world have usedjuries, charting the spread of the twelve-person jury from England to the British colonies in America, Canada, India, Australia, New Zealand, and the Caribbean. In criminal cases, use of lay jurors stretched tonations in Europe, Latin America, and Asia as they aspired to democracy, greater popular participation in government, and legitimacy of the justice system. But in English-speaking countries, jury trials are declining. Civil juries have been virtually abolished everywhere except the United States, and even there they are rare. Among other painful alternatives chosen by the accused, plea bargaining is now taking the place of criminal jury trials. In this book, Ren

Feature

Selling point: Offers a historical discussion of the global use of juries throughout historySelling point: Considers the benefits and the challenges of using juries and analyses why the jury trial has declined in English-speaking countriesSelling point: Covers both civil and criminal juries, giving the reader well-rounded insight into court systems

Details ISBN0190923911 Format Paperback Series Very Short Introductions ISBN-13 9780190923914 Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Illustrations 10 b/w halftones ISBN-10 0190923911 Year 2023 Publication Date 2023-03-23 NZ Release Date 2023-03-23 US Release Date 2023-03-23 UK Release Date 2023-03-23 Author Renée Lettow Lerner Publisher Oxford University Press Inc DEWEY 347.0752 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2023-05-22 Pages 176 Subtitle A Very Short Introduction We've got this

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