Improvements in the Jury System of the Federal Courts

Improvements in the Jury System of the Federal Courts

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary

Publisher:

Published: 1947

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13:

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Considers legislation to provide for a jury commission for each Federal court district and to establish qualifications and uniform fee payments for jurors.


We, the Jury

We, the Jury

Author: Jeffrey B. Abramson

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780674004306

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This magisterial book explores fascinating cases from American history to show how juries remain the heart of our system of criminal justice - and an essential element of our democracy. No other institution of government rivals the jury in placing power so directly in the hands of citizens. Jeffrey Abramson draws upon his own background as both a lawyer and a political theorist to capture the full democratic drama that is the jury. We, the Jury is a rare work of scholarship that brings the history of the jury alive and shows the origins of many of today's dilemmas surrounding juries and justice.