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Duke Law

1999

Criminal law

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The Canadian Criminal Jury: Searching For A Middle Ground, Neil Vidmar Apr 1999

The Canadian Criminal Jury: Searching For A Middle Ground, Neil Vidmar

Law and Contemporary Problems

Vidmar discusses the history of the Canadian jury and develops a profile of the Canadian jury today. The law and rationale behind the procedures involved in the "Bernardo" trial are also described.


The Scottish Criminal Jury: A Very Peculiar Institution, Peter Duff Apr 1999

The Scottish Criminal Jury: A Very Peculiar Institution, Peter Duff

Law and Contemporary Problems

Duff describes and discusses the Scottish criminal jury. While the exact origins of the Scottish criminal jury are obscure, it is clear that it developed in tandem with, although in a different fashion from, its English counterpart.


Criminal Trial Juries In Australia: From Penal Colonies To A Federal Democracy, Michael Chesterman Apr 1999

Criminal Trial Juries In Australia: From Penal Colonies To A Federal Democracy, Michael Chesterman

Law and Contemporary Problems

The recent history of juries in Australia reveals an interesting clash between the endeavours of state and territory governments to reduce the costs associated with jury trial by various means and the determination of the High Court of Australia to reassert the traditional values and features of jury trial.


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.


The Jury System In Contemporary Ireland: In The Shadow Of A Troubled Past, John D. Jackson, Katie Quinn, Tom O'Malley Apr 1999

The Jury System In Contemporary Ireland: In The Shadow Of A Troubled Past, John D. Jackson, Katie Quinn, Tom O'Malley

Law and Contemporary Problems

Jackson et al discuss the distinctive features of criminal trial by jury in Ireland, both north and south, to explain how the jury continues to survive within modern Ireland and how it also has managed to decline in significance.


Reviving The Criminal Jury In Japan, Lester W. Kiss Apr 1999

Reviving The Criminal Jury In Japan, Lester W. Kiss

Law and Contemporary Problems

Kiss analyzes whether the readoption of criminal jury trials in present-day Japan would be feasible from cultural, societal and legal viewpoints in light of Japan's prior experience with a jury system.


The American Criminal Jury, Nancy Jean King Apr 1999

The American Criminal Jury, Nancy Jean King

Law and Contemporary Problems

King describes the American criminal jury, focusing on those aspects of the institution that distinguish it from juries in other parts of the world.