The American jury system [electronic resource] /
Randolph N. Jonakait.
- Yale University Press, c2003.
- 1 online resource (xxv, 346 p.)
- Yale contemporary law series .
- Contemporary law series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-330) and index.
Overview -- Checking abuses of power -- Hammering out facts -- Juries and community values -- Abide the issue -- Jury size and jury performance -- Unanimity and hung juries -- The vicinage -- The most diverse of our democratic bodies -- Challenges for cause -- Preemptory challenges -- "Scientific" jury selection -- The adversary system -- Presentation of evidence -- Instructions -- Jury verdicts and the primacy of evidence -- Jury trials of complex cases -- Jury nullification -- The finality of verdicts -- Reform.