Author: David BOOTH (Author of the Analytical Dictionary.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Observations on the English Jury Laws in Criminal Cases; with respect to the distinction between unanimous verdicts and verdicts by a majority ... The second edition, with additions
Author: David BOOTH (Author of the Analytical Dictionary.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Observations on the English Jury Laws, in Criminal Cases; with respect to the distinction between unanimous verdicts and verdicts by a majority. By Antidraco
Author: pseud ANTI DRACOObservations on the English Jury Laws, in Criminal Cases
Author: David BoothPublisher:
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Category : Criminal procedure
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Observations on the English Jury Laws in Criminal Cases
Author: John DisneyObservations on the Duty and Power of Juries
Author: Benjamin FlowerReason Curve, Jury Competence, and the English Criminal Justice System
Author: Bethel Erastus-ObiloPublisher: Universal-Publishers
ISBN: 1599429268
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Reason Curve, Jury Competence, and the English Criminal Justice System, a cross-jurisdictional and cross-disciplinary book, seeks to stimulate discussion and extend the debate in the area of criminal trials in light of the absence of an articulated explanation for a verdict. The book traces the history and development of the jury, from the Carolingian kings, its advancement in the English Courts following papal intervention, the impact of the Magna Carta, to its general use, current curtailment in England and Wales, and re-emergence in Continental Europe. Central to the book's submission is the dictum that the jurors' franchise to deliver a cryptic verdict is 'a matter between them and their conscience.' In light of human and civil rights movements, the book advances arguments that a cryptic verdict may offend the principle of fair trials in criminal justice. This is amplified by the presence of a developing and significant body of law that demands that decisions by public officers be accompanied by articulated pronouncements regarding the basis for their decision. While the book does not contend with the sanctity of jury deliberations and recognizes the difficulties associated with reason articulation by lay assessors, it argues that the jury continuum provides a fertile ground not only for articulating a verdict in light of human experiences, but also for generating the reason curve, which provides legitimacy for that verdict. Furthermore, the reason curve argues that it is entirely possible for the jury to articulate its reasons provided the Criminal Justice System makes provisions not just to expect an explained verdict from the jury, but also provides it with the necessary facilities needed for compliance. Exploring research and sources in the fields of law and psychology in Europe, the USA, and other jurisdictions around the world, this book is written for an international audience as a catalyst for the student of legal jurisprudence who has interests in the concepts of reason, accountability, transparency, and human rights in the criminal justice system. It is also written for the cognitive and behavioral psychologist with an interest in lay decision-making in criminal trials. In the large legal jurisdictions of the USA and Canada, the right to a jury trial is enshrined in state articles. As such, there is less tinkering with the institution. In England and Wales where Parliament is supreme and the constitution is unwritten, no such right exists. Consequently, the government enjoys tremendous leeway in tinkering with the 'right to jury trial.' Whether or not the institution can evolve to deliver a 21st Century approach is a matter for full debate, research, and the march of time.
Observations on the Criminal Law of England
Author: Samuel RomillyPublisher:
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Category : Capital punishment
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
History of Trial by Jury
Author: William ForsythPublisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
ISBN: 0963010689
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Origins of the English Jury. Originally published: Jersey City: Frederick D. Linn, [1875]. x, 388 pp. First published in England in 1852, Forsyth's History of Trial by Jury is the first full-scale historical account of the rise and growth of the jury system in England. Highly regarded, this book went through 37 editions. The first American edition, the source of this reprint, adds a number of notes and corrections to American references in previous editions. "An excellent summary of the opinions of leading legal writers as well as conventional historians regarding the origins of trial by jury was set forth by an Englishman, William Forsyth, in his excellent book entitled History of Trial by Jury. (. . .) Various writers, according to Forsyth, attribute the origin of the English jury to a recognition of the principle that no man ought to be condemned except by the voice of his fellow citizens. Forsyth committed himself to the belief that trial by jury did not owe its existence to any positive law, that it was not created by any Act of Parliament, but grew out of usages and customs of society that eventually passed away. Forsyth concluded his observations by saying that "the jury does not owe its existence to any preconceived theory of jurisprudence, but that it gradually grew out of forms previously in use and was composed of elements long familiar to the people in general." -- Robert H. White, 29 Tennessee Law Review 29 (1961-1962) 14 William Forsyth [1812-1899] was an English lawyer and author of many works on law and literature, including The History of Lawyers (1849).
The Place of the Explained Verdict in the English Criminal Justice System: Decision-making and Criminal Trials
Author: Bethel G. A. Erastus-ObiloPublisher: Universal-Publishers
ISBN: 1599426897
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Lay participation in the criminal justice process in the form of a jury is a celebrated phenomenon throughout the common law jurisdictions. While not claiming credit for its origin, England, as the latent cradle of the modern jury, disseminated this mode
Observations on English Criminal Law and Procedure
Author: John Wynne JeudwinePublisher:
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Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description