Nancy S. Marder

Power of the Jury (eBook, PDF)

Transforming Citizens into Jurors

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Demonstrates how each stage of the jury process transforms citizens into responsible jurors.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108580076
• Artikelnr.: 70912941

Autorenporträt

Nancy S. Marder is a Professor of Law and Director of the Justice John Paul Stevens Jury Center at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. In the fall of 2021, she was a Visiting Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Professor Marder writes about juries, judges, and courts and presents her work in the United States and abroad. She is a co-editor of Juries, Lay Judges, and Mixed Courts: A Global Perspective (2021).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. The summons and the setting: Beginning the transformation
of citizens into jurors; 2. Voir Dire: Introducing jurors to the judge,
their fellow jurors, and their role; 3. Peremptory challenges: A barrier
that unnecessarily limits who can serve as jurors; 4. Jury instructions:
Reinforcing group identity and making instructions accessible to jurors; 5.
Jury deliberations: Performing the jury's main task with occasional
assistance from the judge; 6. The post-verdict interview: How judges can
help jurors in their transformation from jurors to engaged citizens;
Conclusion.