Courts and Justice : A Reader

by Mays, G. Larry; Gregware, Peter R.

• ISBN13: 9781577660729
• ISBN10: 1577660722
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc

Summary

Enhances student knowledge about how the U.S. court system works, the role it plays in society, the restrictions placed on it, & the avenues that can be explored to solidify & enhance its contributions.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(5)
Trying to Make Sense of It All
Section I: OVERVIEW OF COURTS	5	(48)
In the Eye of the Beholder	7	(18)
The Relationship Between the Public and the courts
Frances Kahn Zemans
On the Myth of Written Constitutions	25	(8)
The Disappearance of Criminal Jury Trial
John H. Langbein
Teaching Courts	33	(20)
Some curriculum and Pedagogy Perspectives
Robert H. Chaires
Susan A. Lentz
Questions to Consider	52	(1)
Section II: DECISION MAKING IN THE SHADOWS Little-Understood components and Processes in the Criminal Justice System	53	(62)
From U.S. Magistrates to U.S. Magistrate judges	55	(14)
Developments Affecting the Federal District Courts' Lower Tier of Judicial Officers
Christopher E. Smith
The Changing Role of the United States Courts of Appeals	69	(18)
The Flow of Litigation Revisited
Sue Davis
Donald R. Songer
Justice Rationed in the Pursuit of Efficiency	87	(28)
De Novo Trials in the Criminal Courts
David A. Harris
Questions to Consider	113	(2)
Section III: LIMITING OR TRUSTING JURIES?	115	(90)
Jury Instructions	118	(13)
A Persistent Failure to communicate
Walter W. Steele, Jr.
Elizabeth G. Thornburg
The American Jury	131	(30)
Handicapped in the Pursuit of Justice
Saul M. Kassin
The Impact of Sequenstration on Juries	161	(14)
James P. Levine
Videotaped Trial Transcripts for Juror Deliberations	175	(8)
Diane M. Hartmus
James P. Levine
Merciful Juries	183	(22)
The Resilience of Jury Nullification
Alan W. Scheflin
Jon M. Van Dyke
Questions to Consider	203	(2)
Section IV: PROBLEMS FOR THE JUDICIARY	205	(74)
Court Administration in the United States	207	(21)
The On-Going Problems
David Orrick
Review Essay in Judicial Recruitment and Selection	228	(30)
Elliot E. Slotnick
Judicial Recruitment and Racial Diversity of State Courts
An Overview	244	(14)
Barbara Luck Graham
Gender Bias in the Courts	258	(21)
A Review of the Literature
Craig Hemmens
Kristin Strom
Elicia Schlegel
Questions to Consider	278	(1)
Section V: POLITICS IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS	279	(104)
Why Prosecutors Misbehave	282	(11)
Bennett L. Gershman
The Criminal Defense Lawyer	293	(34)
Zealous Advocate, Double Agent, or Beleaguered Dealer?
Rodney J. Uphoff
Privatizing Due Process	327	(27)
Issues in the Comparison of Assigned Counsel, Public Defender, and Contracted Indigent Defense Systems
Alissa Pollitz Worden
Calling a Strike a Ball	354	(10)
Jury Nullification and ``Three Strikes'' Cases
Mary Dodge
John C. Harris
Stripped Down like a Runner or Enriched by Experience ?	364	(19)
Bias and Impartiality of Judges and Jurors
Martha Minow
Questions to Consider	381	(2)
Section VI: SPECIALIZED COURTS Shopping the Boutique	383	(70)
The Reemergencce of tribal Society and Traditional
Transferring Juveniles to Adult Courts	400	(19)
Justice Systems	385	(34)
Carey N. Vicenti
Recent Trends and Issues in Canada and the United States
Rick Ruddell
G. Larry Mays
Dennis M. Giever
Evaluating Drug Courts	419	(34)
An Alternative to Incarceration
Elizabeth Mayfield Arnold
Pamela V. Valentine
Marguerite McInnis
C. Aaron McNeece
Courts for Mentally Ill Offenders
Necessity or abdication of Responsibility?	432	(21)
Risdon N. Slate
Questions to Consider	451	(2)
Section VII: THE FUTURE OF COURTS Thinking Outside the Lines	453	(102)
The Staten Island Day-Fine Project	455	(13)
Laura A. Winterfield
Sally T. Hillsman
Expanding Legal Services Programs to Rural America	468	(19)
A Case Study of Program Creation and Operations
Mark Kessler
Secret Justice	487	(8)
John Gibeaut
Concealing Justices or Concealing Justice?	495	(11)
Colombia's Secret Courts
Michael R. Pahl
Reforming the Criminal Trial	506	(7)
Craig M. Bradley
Prosecutorial Discretion	513	(17)
A Comparative Perspective
Zoran Milovanovich
Jury Trials, Russian-Style	530	(25)
An American Jurist Reports on a Country's First Steps Toward a New Method of Justice
Richard T. Andrias
Questions to Consider	553	(2)
Index	555