Justice, Democracy and the Jury (eBook)

James Gobert (Autor)

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2019
263 Seiten
Taylor and Francis (Verlag)
978-0-429-67610-9 (ISBN)

Infos

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 "e;citizens juries"e; can be used to revive a flagging democracy and to empower the people on issues of public concern.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.6.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• ISBN-10: 0-429-67610-7 / 0429676107
• ISBN-13: 978-0-429-67610-9 / 9780429676109