The Inner Jury

Author : Bruce B. Whitman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-01
Category : Jury
ISBN : 0988205238

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The Inner Jury by Bruce B. Whitman Pdf

The most important people in any courtroom are the jurors. Unfortunately, jurors are often hiding from the lawyers, knowingly or unconsciously repressing their innermost feelings. This repression, unexposed, can doom even the best cases and lawyers to defeat. With more than 30 years of experience in front of juries, Whitman explains how to use proven psychological and psychiatric principles and methods in the courtroom to lead the jury to a verdict and damage award for the plaintiff. He explains how such principles as transference, positive regard, unity, group dynamics, and humanism can overcome natural juror resistance to awarding large ? or even small ? damages and verdicts. He explains how to incorporate the strategies of respected trial scientists, such as David Ball ("Damages") and Rick Friedman ("Rules of the Road"), into his own psychology-based methods to maximize the chance of success in the courtroom. Whitman's thesis is that instead of focusing on their own performance and inner struggles, the most successful trial lawyers concentrate on what the jurors need from the lawyer and how the jury perceives the trial.

Author : Reid Hastie,Steven Penrod,Nancy Pennington
Publisher : The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Jury
ISBN : 9781584772699

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Inside the Jury by Reid Hastie,Steven Penrod,Nancy Pennington Pdf

Hastie, Reid and Steven D. Penrod, Nancy Pennington. Inside the Jury. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1983. viii, 277 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2002025963. ISBN 1-58477-269-7. Cloth. $95. * "A landmark jury study." Contemporary Sociology. An important statistical study of the dynamics of jury selection and deliberation that offers a realistic jury simulation model, a statistical analysis of the personal characteristics of jurors, and a general assessment of jury performance based on research findings conducted by reputed scholars in the behavioral sciences. "The book will stand as the third great product of social research into jury operations, ranking with Kalven and Zeisel's The American Jury and Van Dyke's Jury Selection Procedures." American Bar Association Journal.

Author : Reid Hastie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Law
ISBN : 0521477557

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Inside the Juror by Reid Hastie Pdf

Provides a comprehensive and understandable summary of the major theories of juror decision making.

Author : Anna Offit
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781479808533

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The Imagined Juror by Anna Offit Pdf

Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Princeton University, 2018) issued under title: Making the case for jurors: an ethnographic study of U.S. prosecutors.

Author : Thomas M. Melsheimer,Craig Smith
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,6 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.

Author : Donald E. Vinson
Publisher : MICHIE
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105043921472

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Jury Trials by Donald E. Vinson Pdf

This work is an overview of the psychological theories useful to attorneys in selecting and persuading juries. It outlines the techniques used in voir dire, opening statements, presentation of exhibits, and expert testimony.

Author : James Gobert
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429676093

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Justice, Democracy and the Jury by James Gobert Pdf

First published in 1997, this volume recognises that on trial in every criminal case heard by a jury is not only the defendant but the democratic premise that ordinary citizens are capable of sitting in judgement on that defendant. The jury is a quintessential democratic institution, the lay cog in a criminal justice machine dominated by lawyers, judges and police. Today, however, the jury finds itself under attack – on the right, for perverse verdicts, and, on the left, for miscarriages of justice. Justice, Democracy and the Jury is an attempt to place the jury within a historical, political and philosophical framework, and to analyse the decision-making processes at work on a jury. The book also examines whether the model of the jury can be adapted to other decision-making contexts and whether "citizens juries" can be used to revive a flagging democracy and to empower the people on issues of public concern.

Author : Carol B. Anderson
Publisher : Aspen Publishing
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781601561817

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Inside Jurors' Minds by Carol B. Anderson Pdf

This book discusses the conscious and unconscious psychological factors that influence juror decision-making. Jurors inevitably rely on the same "thinking tools" at trial that they use to solve problems and make decisions in their everyday lives, which makes it almost impossible for them to divorce instinct and emotion from decision-making. Their fight-or-flight reflexes are stimulated not only by predators but by information that makes them fear for their personal safety—even if the threatening information is something they merely imagine. Because self-preservation is a primal instinct, jurors tend to unconsciously respond by disregarding or altering the "threatening" evidence. Information that conflicts with their personal beliefs and biases often elicits a similar response. Therefore, what jurors hear and remember about a case will inevitably be a reflection of who they are, what they value, and what their life experiences have been. Because jurors unconsciously weigh information in a hierarchical fashion, the "hierarchy of juror decision-making" can serve as a blueprint for creating strategies to counteract the most common thinking errors that can skew jurors' perceptions of the case. This is a valuable weapon that should be in every trial lawyer's arsenal.

Author : Sonali Chakravarti
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780226654324

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Radical Enfranchisement in the Jury Room and Public Life by Sonali Chakravarti Pdf

Juries have been at the center of some of the most emotionally charged moments of political life. At the same time, their capacity for legitimate decision making has been under scrutiny, because of events like the acquittal of George Zimmerman by a Florida jury for the shooting of Trayvon Martin and the decisions of several grand juries not to indict police officers for the killing of unarmed black men. Meanwhile, the overall use of juries has also declined in recent years, with most cases settled or resolved by plea bargain. With Radical Enfranchisement in the Jury Room and Public Life, Sonali Chakravarti offers a full-throated defense of juries as a democratic institution. She argues that juries provide an important site for democratic action by citizens and that their use should be revived. The jury, Chakravarti argues, could be a forward-looking institution that nurtures the best democratic instincts of citizens, but this requires a change in civic education regarding the skills that should be cultivated in jurors before and through the process of a trial. Being a juror, perhaps counterintuitively, can guide citizens in how to be thoughtful rule-breakers by changing their relationship to their own perceptions and biases and by making options for collective action salient, but they must be better prepared and instructed along the way.

Author : D. Graham Burnett
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2002-01-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780375414251

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A Trial by Jury by D. Graham Burnett Pdf

When Princeton historian D. Graham Burnett answered his jury duty summons, he expected to spend a few days catching up on his reading in the court waiting room. Instead, he finds himself thrust into a high-pressure role as the jury foreman in a Manhattan trial. There he comes face to face with a stunning act of violence, a maze of conflicting evidence, and a parade of bizarre witnesses. But it is later, behind the closed door of the jury room, that he encounters the essence of the jury experience — he and eleven citizens from radically different backgrounds must hammer consensus out of confusion and strong disagreement. By the time he hands over the jury’s verdict, Burnett has undergone real transformation, not just in his attitude toward the legal system, but in his understanding of himself and his peers. Offering a compelling courtroom drama and an intimate and sometimes humorous portrait of a fractious jury, A Trial by Jury is also a finely nuanced examination of law and justice, personal responsibility and civic duty, and the dynamics of power and authority between twelve equal people.

Author : Sari de la Motte
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1941007910

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From Hostage to Hero by Sari de la Motte Pdf

Author : Scotland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 906 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : MINN:31951D01823470Z

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The Public General Statutes Affecting Scotland: 1837-1847 by Scotland Pdf

Author : Great Britain. - Laws & Statutes. - III. 1707-1847
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 922 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V001487649

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The Public General Statutes Affecting Scotland from the Beginning of the First Parliament of Great Britain 6 Anne, A.D. 1707 to the End of the Fourteenth Parliament of the United Kingdom 10 & 11 Victoria, A.D. 1847, Etc by Great Britain. - Laws & Statutes. - III. 1707-1847 Pdf

Author : Rita J. Simon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351309707

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Jury and the Defense of Insanity by Rita J. Simon Pdf

Thirty years after it was first published, the issues raised in The Jury and the Defense of Insanity remain pertinent. Rita James Simon examines how motivated and competent juries are, how well jurors understand and follow judges' instructions, their understand-ing of expert testimony, and the extent to which their own backgrounds and experiences influence their decisions. Simon provides a rare opportunity to observe how jurors go about the process of deliberating and reaching a verdict by following them into the jury room and recording their deliberations. This pathbreaking study of jury room behavior provides compelling evidence of the effectiveness of our trial by jury system. The Jury and the Defense of Insanity was the product of an experimental study con-ducted as part of the University of Chicago Jury Project. Over 1,000 jurors were chosen to participate, not as volunteers, but as part of their regular jury duty, in two experimental trials, one on a charge of housebreaking, the other of incest. In each the insanity de-fense was raised. Court judges instructed the jurors to consider the recorded trials they were about to hear with all the care and seriousness they would give to a real criminal prosecution, and the taped recordings of their deliberations make it clear that they did just that. These recordings, along with responses to detailed questionnaires, yielded significant data, equally applicable to civil as to criminal cases. We learn their reactions to their fellow jurors; personal evaluations of the quality and effectiveness of delibera-tions; the degree to which religion, sex, social status, education, and like factors affect participation in and influence on the course of the deliberation; and the recounting of and reliance upon personal experience in seeking to reach a verdict, among other in-sights furnished by this study. This is an exact recordnot a description or recollected accountof the struggle of a jury to weigh evidence and achieve a just verdict. For lawyers whose job it is to win civil and criminal cases, for behavioral scientists who study male and female reactions in their cultural environment to the circumstances that confront them, and to all who are interested in how people behave and why, in a dramatic, socially significant situation, this is a fascinating and revealing book.

Author : Aeneas James George Mackay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Appellate procedure
ISBN : UOM:35112104302213

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Manual of Practice in the Court of Session by Aeneas James George Mackay Pdf