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Magna Carta And The Right To Trial By Jury, Thomas J. Mcsweeney Oct 2014

Magna Carta And The Right To Trial By Jury, Thomas J. Mcsweeney

Faculty Publications

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America’S Legal History Started In Williamsburg, Paul Hellyer Jun 2014

America’S Legal History Started In Williamsburg, Paul Hellyer

Library Staff Publications

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The Jury As A Political Institution: An Internal Perspective, Robert P. Burns Mar 2014

The Jury As A Political Institution: An Internal Perspective, Robert P. Burns

William & Mary Law Review

In this Essay, I will briefly describe some of the more obvious ways in which the jury has been considered a political institution. I will then discuss the senses in which we can understand the term “political” in the context of the American jury trial. I will describe the senses in which Hannah Arendt, perhaps the most important political philosopher of the twentieth century, tried to distinguish between “the political” and the “the legal” and the limitations of any such distinction. I will then turn to the heart of this Essay, a description of the ways in which the American …


Restoring The Civil Jury's Role In The Structure Of Our Government, Sheldon Whitehouse Mar 2014

Restoring The Civil Jury's Role In The Structure Of Our Government, Sheldon Whitehouse

William & Mary Law Review

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Magna Carta, Civil Law, And Canon Law, Thomas J. Mcsweeney Jan 2014

Magna Carta, Civil Law, And Canon Law, Thomas J. Mcsweeney

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.