The American Jury On Trial

Author : Saul M. Kassin,Lawrence S. Wrightsman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135874650

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The American Jury On Trial by Saul M. Kassin,Lawrence S. Wrightsman Pdf

First Published in 1988. More than 3 million Americans are called for jury duty every year. For most people, serving on a jury arouses two feelings: it is both a personal sacrifice and an exciting experience. And where a jury is asked to decide some cases, they make headlines. As a result of trials such as these, the American system of trial by jury faces unprecedented challenges. This volume offers an informed examination of the entire process, from jury selection to the delivery of a verdict. Quoting the experiences and expertise of F. Lee Bailey, William Kunstler, Clarence Darrow, Learned Hand, and many others, ttis book investigates such important factors as pretrial bias, the psychology of evidence, inadmissible testimony, interpreting the law, and what goes on inside the jury room. People often think that any book dealing with the law must be written in ‘legalese’ but in in this book, Professors Kassin and Wrightsman present their case in an exceptionally readable style. They utilize modern advances in psychology to illuminate the usually hidden world of trial practice and procedure and offer thoughtful possibilities for improving the system.

Author : Harry Kalven,Hans Zeisel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015038911551

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The American Jury by Harry Kalven,Hans Zeisel Pdf

Author : J. K.- Few
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:643430147

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Trial by Jury by J. K.- Few Pdf

Author : Suja A. Thomas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107055650

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The Missing American Jury by Suja A. Thomas Pdf

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

Author : Randolph N. Jonakait
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780300129403

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The American Jury System by Randolph N. Jonakait Pdf

How are juries selected in the United States? What forces influence juries in making their decisions? Are some cases simply beyond the ability of juries to decide? How useful is the entire jury system? In this important and accessible book, a prominent expert on constitutional law examines these and other issues concerning the American jury system. Randolph N. Jonakait describes the historical and social pressures that have driven the development of the jury system; contrasts the American jury system to the legal process in other countries; reveals subtle changes in the popular view of juries; examines how the news media, movies, and books portray and even affect the system; and discusses the empirical data that show how juries actually operate and what influences their decisions. Jonakait endorses the jury system in both civil and criminal cases, spelling out the important social role juries play in legitimizing and affirming the American justice system.

Author : Harry Kalven,Hans Zeisel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Jury
ISBN : UCAL:B3944026

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The American Jury by Harry Kalven,Hans Zeisel Pdf

Author : J. Kendall Few
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1993-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0963665804

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In Defense of Trial by Jury by J. Kendall Few Pdf

Author : Stephen J. Adler
Publisher : Crown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015054303733

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The Jury by Stephen J. Adler Pdf

Takes us inside the jury room in seven cases ; tells us how juries go wrong, and how this can be corrected.

Author : Drury R. Sherrod
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781538109540

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The Jury Crisis by Drury R. Sherrod Pdf

Confronting readers with intellectual and moral dilemmas faced by real jurors, The Jury Crisis explores the near collapse of jury trials in America, examines alternative paths to justice and proposes how to restore trial by jury as the trusted foundation of American democracy.

Author : Lawrence S. Wrightsman,Saul Kassin
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1993-05-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781452254029

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Confessions in the Courtroom by Lawrence S. Wrightsman,Saul Kassin Pdf

When the prosecution introduces confession testimony during a criminal trial, the effect is usually overwhelming. In fact, jurors′ verdicts are affected more by a confession than by eyewitness testimony. While eyewitness studies are massive in numbers, the topic of confession evidence has been largely ignored by psychologists and other social scientists. Confessions in the Courtroom seeks to rectify this discrepancy. This timely book examines how the legal system has evolved in its treatment of confessions over the last half century and discusses, at length, the U.S. Supreme Court′s decision regarding Arizona v. Fulminante which caused a reassessment of the acceptability of confessions generated under duress. The authors examine the causes of confessions and the interrogation procedure used by the police. They also evaluate the process for determining the admissability of confession testimony and provide excellent research on jurors′ reactions to voluntary and coerced confessions. Social scientists, attorneys, members of the criminal justice system, and students will find Confessions in the Courtroom to be an objective and readable treatment on this important topic. "In this short volume, the authors seek "to describe and evaluate what we know about confessions given to police and their impact at the subsequent trial." It is a comprehensive review of the social psychological literature and legal decisions surrounding confessions. One of the primary strengths of the manuscript is the interplay between social science and law fostered by the authors′ clear understanding of the boundaries between these disciplines and appreciation of the substantive areas they share. . . . [The authors] have produced a comprehensive and imminently readable legal and psychological treatise on confessions, valuable for established scholars and for students." --Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Author : Neil Vidmar,Valerie P. Hans
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781615929870

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American Juries by Neil Vidmar,Valerie P. Hans Pdf

This monumental and comprehensive volume reviews more than 50 years of empirical research on civil and criminal juries and returns a verdict that strongly supports the jury system.

Author : Eric Helland,Alexander Tabarrok
Publisher : Independent Institute
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781598132441

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Judge and Jury by Eric Helland,Alexander Tabarrok Pdf

Is the U.S. tort system in crisis? CBS television's 60 Minutes has said the tort system metes out "jackpot justice," and Newsweek has called America a "Lawsuit Hell." Other observers of the legal system, however, argue that the tort crisis is a myth. Although both sides of the debate rely primarily on anecdote and the selective use of evidence, a sound diagnosis of the tort system requires a rigorous analysis of hard data, not a retelling of sensationalistic sound bites. In Judge and Jury: American Tort Law on Trial, economists Eric Helland and Alexander Tabarrok present their study of tens of thousands of tort cases from across the United States. The result is the most complete picture of the U.S. system of civil justice to date. Examining three of the key players of the tort system (juries, judges, and lawyers), Helland and Tabarrok conclude that the tort system is badly broken in some respects but functions surprisingly well in others.

Author : Walter R. Hart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Jury
ISBN : STANFORD:36105044049927

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Long Live the American Jury by Walter R. Hart Pdf

Author : Dennis Hale
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780700622009

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The Jury in America by Dennis Hale Pdf

The jury trial is one of the formative elements of American government, vitally important even when Americans were still colonial subjects of Great Britain. When the founding generation enshrined the jury in the Constitution and Bill of Rights, they were not inventing something new, but protecting something old: one of the traditional and essential rights of all free men. Judgment by an “impartial jury” would henceforth put citizen panels at the very heart of the American legal order. And yet at the dawn of the 21st century, juries resolve just two percent of the nation’s legal cases and critics warn that the jury is “vanishing” from both the criminal and civil courts. The jury’s critics point to sensational jury trials like those in the O. J. Simpson and Menendez cases, and conclude that the disappearance of the jury is no great loss. The jury’s defenders, from journeyman trial lawyers to members of the Supreme Court, take a different view, warning that the disappearance of the jury trial would be a profound loss. In The Jury in America, a work that deftly combines legal history, political analysis, and storytelling, Dennis Hale takes us to the very heart of this debate to show us what the American jury system was, what it has become, and what the changes in the jury system tell us about our common political and civic life. Because the jury is so old, continuously present in the life of the American republic, it can act as a mirror, reflecting the changes going on around it. And yet because the jury is embedded in the Constitution, it has held on to its original shape more stubbornly than almost any other element in the American regime. Looking back to juries at the time of America's founding, and forward to the fraught and diminished juries of our day, Hale traces a transformation in our understanding of ideas about sedition, race relations, negligence, expertise, the responsibilities of citizenship, and what it means to be a citizen who is “good and true” and therefore suited to the difficult tasks of judgment. Criminal and civil trials and the jury decisions that result from them involve the most fundamental questions of right, and so go to the core of what makes the nation what it is. In this light, in conclusion, Hale considers four controversial modern trials for what they can tell us about what a jury is, and about the fate of republican government in America today.

Author : Thomas M. Melsheimer,Craig Smith
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781574417098

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On the Jury Trial by Thomas M. Melsheimer,Craig Smith Pdf

Two outstanding Texas trial lawyers—one of whom is now an equally respected district judge—have written On the Jury Trial, a “must have” reference for any trial lawyer aspiring to excellence or seeking to maintain it. Thomas M. Melsheimer and Judge Craig Smith have crafted a narrative-driven advice guide for trial lawyers to hone their craft. Chapter topics include voir dire, opening statement, preparing witnesses, cross examination, using exhibits, closing argument, jury research, and more, with excellent examples and “do’s and don’ts” provided throughout. Think of this book as the senior law partner’s memo to associates on how to really try a case. Looking for fly-on-the-wall insight into world-class trial preparation and strategy? Here it is. A behind-the-scenes tour of the inner workings of the judicial process? This book has you covered. Its combination of advice, illustration, and commentary is every bit as valuable as it is unique. Every litigator should have this book on the shelf, no matter the state in which they practice. The jury trial is a critical component of our democratic society, and its use in civil cases is unique to the United States. It is truly an example of our participatory democracy in action, and yet the jury trial is under attack from all sides, most notably from special interest groups who seek to have more cases decided by individual judges or by arbitration. These efforts have resulted in a decline of civil jury trials all over the country. A decline in the jury trial is a decline in justice. To preserve the jury trial, we must preserve the skills of trying a case effectively and efficiently. On the Jury Trial, in no small way, will add significantly to that effort.