Justice, Democracy and the Jury (Routledge Revivals) - Softcover

Gobert, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367026678 ISBN 13: 9780367026677

Verlag: Routledge, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

First published in 1997, this volume recognises that on trial in every criminal case heard by a jury is not only the defendant but the democratic premise that ordinary citizens are capable of sitting in judgement on that defendant. The jury is a quintessential democratic institution, the lay cog in a criminal justice machine dominated by lawyers, judges and police. Today, however, the jury finds itself under attack – on the right, for perverse verdicts, and, on the left, for miscarriages of justice. Justice, Democracy and the Jury is an attempt to place the jury within a historical, political and philosophical framework, and to analyse the decision-making processes at work on a jury. The book also examines whether the model of the jury can be adapted to other decision-making contexts and whether "citizens juries" can be used to revive a flagging democracy and to empower the people on issues of public concern.

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James Gobert

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• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0367026678
• ISBN 13: 9780367026677
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 263
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