Research Catalog
We, the jury : the jury system and the ideal of democracy : with a new preface / Jeffrey Abramson.
- Title
- We, the jury : the jury system and the ideal of democracy : with a new preface / Jeffrey Abramson.
- Author
- Abramson, Jeffrey B.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2000.
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
4 Items
| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c.2 | Text | Request in advance | KF8972 .A727 2000 c.2 | Off-site | |
| Text | Request in advance | KF8972 .A727 2000 | Off-site | ||
| Text | Request in advance | KF8972 .A727 2000 | Off-site | ||
| Text | Request in advance | KF8972 .A727 2000 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxxiv, 308 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- This magisterial book explores fascinating cases from American history to show how juries remain the heart of our system of criminal justice - and an essential element of our democracy. No other institution of government rivals the jury in placing power so directly in the hands of citizens. Jeffrey Abramson draws upon his own background as both a lawyer and a political theorist to capture the full democratic drama that is the jury. We, the Jury is a rare work of scholarship that brings the history of the jury alive and shows the origins of many of today's dilemmas surrounding juries and justice.
- Subjects
- Note
- Originally published: New York : BasicBooks, c1994.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-299) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Juries and local justice -- Juries and higher justice -- Jury selection and the cross-sectional ideal -- Scientific jury selection -- The unanimous verdict -- Race and the death penalty.
- ISBN
- 0674004302
- LCCN
- ^^^00040771^
- OCLC
- 44110432
- SCSB-10184813
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library