Suja A. Thomas

The Missing American Jury

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores why juries have declined in power and how the federal government and the states have taken the jury's authority.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9781107055650
• ISBN-10: 1107055652
• Artikelnr.: 44546320

Autorenporträt

Suja A. Thomas is a professor of law at the University of Illinois College of Law. Her research on the jury has received extensive national attention.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The missing American jury: an introduction
Part I. The Jury Now: 2. The fall of the criminal, civil, and grand juries and the rise of the executive, the legislature, the judiciary, and the states
3. The missing branch
Part II. The Future Jury: 4. Interpreting jury authority
5. Restoring the jury
6. Beyond the constitution: affirming a role for lay jurors in America's government and world-wide
7. A branch among equals in American democracy: a conclusion.