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We, the Jury : The Jury System and the Ideal of Democracy
Jeffrey Abramson
Paperback - $37.80
In a new preface to this foundational book on the American jury, Abramson responds to his critics, defends his views on the jury as an embodiment of deliberative democracy in action, and reflects on recent jury trials and reforms.
Decisions Without Reasons : Rethinking Jury Secrecy
Jason Donnelly
Paperback - $39.10
The current system of trial by jury in Australia effectively means that although a jury will provide a verdict of guilty or not-guilty, the jury will not provide reasons for their decisions. The author challenges this system whereby jurors are not permitted...
Legal Blame : How Jurors Think and Talk about Accidents
Neal Feigenson
Paperback - $44.10
Legal Blame sheds new light on how jurors try to do justice in the wake of accidents and reveals much about the overall psychology of jury decision making. Neal Feigenson, a professor of law, offers an illuminating framework for how jurors use their...
Race in the Jury Box : Affirmative Action in Jury Selection
Hiroshi Fukurai
Paperback - $39.10
Discusses race-conscious jury selection and highlights strategies for achieving racially mixed juries.
The Language of Jury Trial : A Corpus-Aided Analysis of Legal-Lay Discourse
Chris Heffer
Hardcover - $138.60
Drawing on representative corpora of transcripts from over 100 English criminal jury trials, this stimulating new book explores the nature of 'legal-lay discourse', or the language used by legal professionals before lay juries. Careful analyses of genres...
The American Jury System
Randolph N. Jonakait
Paperback - $41.60
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...
Jury Ethics : Juror Conduct and Jury Dynamics
John Kleinig
Library Binding - $141.10
Trial by jury is one of the most important aspects of the U.S. legal system. A reflective look at how juries actually function brings out a number of ethical questions surrounding juror conduct and jury dynamics: Do citizens have a duty to serve as jurors?...
Stack and Sway : The New Science of Jury Consulting
Neil J. Kressel
Paperback - $21.40
A new - and largely hidden - profession has emerged during the past three decades. Drawing on the techniques of modern social science, psychology, and market research, its practitioners seek to remake the way we pursue justice in the United States. Trial...
Is This Any Way to Run a Jury?
Godfrey D. Lehman
Paperback - $20.20
It's not always easy to get before a jury, and only a small percentage of all trials do reach juries, but those that do are influential. The jury has an immediate impact. When the jury acts, the government complies at once. Deciding the facts in a dispute...