The Missing American Jury: Restoring the Fundamental Constitutional Role of the Criminal, Civil, and Grand Juries

The Missing American Jury: Restoring the Fundamental Constitutional Role of the Criminal, Civil, and Grand Juries

by Suja A. Thomas
ISBN-10:
131661803X
ISBN-13:
9781316618035
Pub. Date:
06/30/2016
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10:
131661803X
ISBN-13:
9781316618035
Pub. Date:
06/30/2016
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
The Missing American Jury: Restoring the Fundamental Constitutional Role of the Criminal, Civil, and Grand Juries

The Missing American Jury: Restoring the Fundamental Constitutional Role of the Criminal, Civil, and Grand Juries

by Suja A. Thomas

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Overview

Criminal, civil, and grand juries have disappeared from the American legal system. Over time, despite their significant presence in the Constitution, juries have been robbed of their power by the federal government and the states. For example, leveraging harsher criminal penalties, executive officials have forced criminal defendants into plea bargains, eliminating juries. Capping money awards, legislatures have stripped juries of their power to fix damages. Ordering summary judgment, judges dispose of civil cases without sending them to a jury. This is not what the founders intended. Examining the Constitution's text and historical sources, the book explores how the jury's authority has been taken and how it can be restored to its rightful, co-equal position as a 'branch' of government. Discussing the value of juries beyond the Constitution's requirements, the book also discusses the significance of juries world-wide and argues jury decision-making should be preferred over determinations by other governmental bodies.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781316618035
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 06/30/2016
Pages: 262
Product dimensions: 6.02(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Suja A. Thomas is a professor of law at the University of Illinois College of Law. Her research on the jury has received extensive national attention.

Table of Contents

1. The missing American jury: an introduction; Part I. The Jury Now: 2. The fall of the criminal, civil, and grand juries and the rise of the executive, the legislature, the judiciary, and the states; 3. The missing branch; Part II. The Future Jury: 4. Interpreting jury authority; 5. Restoring the jury; 6. Beyond the constitution: affirming a role for lay jurors in America's government and world-wide; 7. A branch among equals in American democracy: a conclusion.
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