VERDICT ASSESSING THE VICIL JURY SYSTEMPDF电子书下载

1. Introduction 1

2. The History and Objectives of the Civil Jury System 22

3. The Regulatory Function of the Civil Jury 61

4. Justifying the Civil Jury 103

5. Inside the Black Box: What Empirical Research Tells Us about Decisionmaking by Civil Juries 137

6. Civil Juries and Complex Cases: Taking Stock after Twelve Years 181

7. Attitudes toward the Civil Jury: A Crisis of Confidence? 248

8. What Jurors Think: Expectations and Reactions of Citizens Who Serve as Jurors 282

9. Mapping the Debate on Jury Reform 306

10. Improving the Quality of Jury Decisionmaking 341

11. Recent Innovations in Civil Jury Trial Procedures 378

12. The Modern American Jury: Reflections on Veneration and Distrust 399

13. Restructuring the Traditional Civil Jury: The Effects of Changes in Composition and Procedures 414

14. Jury Service and Community Representation 460

15. Finding the Factfinders 500

Contributors 531

Index 533