The Right To A Trial By Jury

by WINTERS, ROBERT

• ISBN13: 9780737719376
• ISBN10: 0737719370
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-06-30
• Publisher: Greenhaven Pr

Summary

- In-depth introductions - Indexes - Annotated tables of contents - Bibliographies - Annotated lists of relevant Supreme Court cases

Table of Contents

Foreword	8	(3)
Introduction	11	(7)
Trial by Jury Becomes a Fundamental American Right
The Medieval Origins of Trial by Jury	18	(13)
Leonard W. Levy
The Colonies Embrace Trial by Jury	31	(9)
Francis H. Heller
The Constitution Threatens Trial by Jury	40	(6)
The Constitution Does Not Threaten Trial by Jury	46	(10)
Alexander Hamilton
The Supreme Court Defines the Right to Trial by Jury
States Must Provide Jury Trials for Serious Crimes	56	(10)
Byron R. White
The Supreme Court Allows Smaller Juries	66	(6)
Randolph N. Jonakait
The Supreme Court Allows Majority Verdicts in State Trials	72	(9)
Jeffrey Abramson
Peremptory Challenges Cannot Be Used to Create a Racially Stacked Jury	81	(9)
Lewis Powell
Controversies and Perspectives on Trial by Jury
The Jury System Promotes Democracy	90	(7)
Alexis de Tocqueville
Juries Must Judge the Validity of the Laws	97	(6)
Lysander Spooner
Juries Should Not Be Abolished in Civil Cases	103	(8)
Paula DiPerna
The Criminal Jury Should Be Abolished	111	(6)
Michael Lind
The Criminal Jury System Is the Best Means to Secure Justice	117	(10)
Barbara Allen Babcock
Appendix
The Origins of the American Bill of Rights	127	(3)
Supreme Court Cases Involving the Right to a Trial by Jury	130	(4)
For Further Research	134	(3)
Index	137