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The Civil Jury In America, Stephan Landsman
The Civil Jury In America, Stephan Landsman
Law and Contemporary Problems
Landsman explores several questions about the function of the modern civil jury in America, including why juries have been given so important a place in the judicial process and how the jury ought to be constituted to carry ought its work.
“Guardian Of Civil Rights … Medieval Relic”: The Civil Jury In Canada, W. A. Bogart
“Guardian Of Civil Rights … Medieval Relic”: The Civil Jury In Canada, W. A. Bogart
Law and Contemporary Problems
Bogart offers some explanations of why Canadian civil juries exist only at the margins by examining the availability of civil juries, empirical evidence regarding their use and cost in Ontario Canada and academic and policy debates concerning their role.
The New Zealand Jury, Neil Cameron, Susan Potter, Warren Young
The New Zealand Jury, Neil Cameron, Susan Potter, Warren Young
Law and Contemporary Problems
In New Zealand, the recent history of the jury has been one of fairly steady decline. This is particularly so of the civil jury, which has become virtually extinct with little realistic prospect of revival.