American juries : the verdict /
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Amherst, N.Y. :
Prometheus Books,
2007.
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. The English origins of the modern jury : from trial by ordeal to the decline of the "little parliament"
- ch. 2. Criminal and civil juries in America from colonial times to the present day : evolution, a heroic role, and controversy
- ch. 3. A jury of peers : democratic goals
- ch. 4. Jury selection : juror bias, juror challenges, and trial consultants
- ch. 5. Problem cases : pretrial publicity
- ch. 6. The tasks of the jury : evidence evaluation and jury decision-making processes
- ch. 7. Judging the jury : evaluating jurors' comprehension of evidence and law
- ch. 8. Trials in a scientific age : juries judging experts
- ch. 9. Judging criminal responsibility : erroneous convictions, the CSI effect, and the victim's role
- ch. 10. Deciding insanity : mad or bad?
- ch. 11. Jury nullification : the war with the law
- ch. 12. Death is different : juries and capital punishment
- ch. 13. Civil liability : plaintiff vs. defendant in the eyes of the jury
- ch. 14. Deciding compensatory damages : million dollar questions
- ch. 15. Punitive damages : coffee spills and Marlboro cigarettes
- ch. 16. Juries and medical malpractice : antidoctor, incompetent, and irresponsible?
- ch. 17.Concluding : the verdict on juries.