We, the jury : the jury system and the ideal of democracy : with a new preface
Jeffrey Abramson (Creator)
In a new preface to this foundational book on the American jury, Abramson responds to his critics, defends his views on the jury as an embodiment of deliberative democracy in action, and reflects on recent jury trials and reforms.
Print Book, English, 2000
Harvard University press, Cambridge Mass. [etc.], 2000
XXXII, 308 p. ; 24 cm
9780674004306, 0674004302
1039241879
Preface, 2000 Acknowledgments Introduction PART I: DEMOCRATIC KNOWLEDGE 1.Juries and Local Justice 2. Juries and Higher Justice PART II: DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATION 3. Jury Selection and the Cross-Sectional Ideas 4. Scientific Jury Selection PART III: DEMOCRATIC DELIBERATION 5. The Unanimous Verdict 6. Race and the Death Penalty Conclusion Appendix Notes Index