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Duke Law

1999

Law and Contemporary Problems

Civil law

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The Civil Jury In America, Stephan Landsman Apr 1999

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 Apr 1999

“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 Apr 1999

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.