TY - BOOK AU - Jonakait,Randolph N. TI - The American jury system T2 - Yale contemporary law series SN - 0300093950 (C : alk. paper) AV - KF8972 .J66 2003eb U1 - 347.73/752 21 PY - 2003/// CY - New Haven [Conn.] PB - Yale University Press KW - Jury KW - United States KW - États-Unis KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Government KW - Judicial Branch KW - bisacsh KW - LAW KW - Legal Services KW - Civil Procedure KW - Juryrechtspraak KW - gtt KW - სამართალი-- KW - სასამართლო ხელისუფლება-- KW - ნაფიც მსაჯულთა სისტემა KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=187897 ER -