John A. Murley, Sean D. Sutton

The Supreme Court against the Criminal Jury

Social Science and the Palladium of Liberty

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Produktbeschreibung

The Supreme Court against the Criminal Jury critiques the Supreme Court's decisions to allow reduced jury sizes and less than unanimous jury verdicts to determine guilt. John A. Murley and Sean D. Sutton challenges the Court's decisions by examining its incomplete understandin...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 364g
• ISBN-13: 9780739136218
• ISBN-10: 0739136216
• Artikelnr.: 40544390

Autorenporträt

John A. Murley is emeritus professor and former chair of the Department of Political Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Sean D. Sutton is chair of the Department of Political Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Emergence of the Criminal Jury as a Contemporary Political
Problem Chapter 2: Six v. Twelve: The Court's Use of History Chapter 3: "No
Discernible Difference": On the Court's Use of Social Science Chapter 4:
Auxiliary Precautions: Unanimous Jury Verdicts v. Majority Jury Verdicts
Chapter 5: Majority Verdict and Jury Nullification