American Juries The Verdict

Name: American Juries The Verdict
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ISBN: 9781591025887

ISBN-10: 1591025885

ISBN-13: 9781591025887

Edition: 2007

Authors: Neil Vidmar, Valerie P. Hans

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This monumental and comprehensive volume reviews over fifty years of empirical research on civil and criminal juries and returns a verdict that strongly supports the jury system.

Book details

List price: $32.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Prometheus Books, Publishers
Publication date: 10/31/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 428
Size: 6.29" wide x 9.33" long x 1.28" tall
Weight: 1.782



Foreword


Acknowledgments


Introduction



The English Origins of the Modern Jury: From Trial by Ordeal to the Decline of the "Little Parliament"



Criminal and Civil Juries in America from Colonial Times to the Present Day: Evolution, a Heroic Role, and Controversy



A Jury of Peers: Democratic Goals



Jury Selection: Juror Bias, Juror Challenges, and Trial Consultants



Problem Cases: Pretrial Publicity



The Tasks of the Jury: Evidence Evaluation and Jury Decision-Making Processes



Judging the Jury: Evaluating Jurors' Comprehension of Evidence and Law



Trials in a Scientific Age: Juries Judging Experts



Judging Criminal Responsibility: Erroneous Convictions, the CSI Effect, and the Victim's Role



Deciding Insanity: Mad or Bad?



Jury Nullification: The War with the Law



Death Is Different: Juries and Capital Punishment



Civil Liability: Plaintiff vs. Defendant in the Eyes of the Jury



Deciding Compensatory Damages: Million-Dollar Questions



Punitive Damages: Coffee Spills and Marlboro Cigarettes



Juries and Medical Malpractice: Antidoctor, Incompetent, and Irresponsible?



Concluding: The Verdict on Juries


Notes


Index