Understanding World Jury Systems Through Social Psychological Research

ISBN-13: 9781841694214 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 240 str.

Martin F. Kaplan; Ana M. Martin Rogriguez

Opis

Examines diverse jury systems in nations around the world. These systems are marked by unique features having critical implications for jury selection, composition, functioning, processes, and ultimately, trial outcomes. This book examines these features by applying relevant social psychological research, models and concepts to the central issues.

Spis treści

1. Introduction and Overview  Part 1: Pure (Lay) Juries  2. The Jury System in the United State of America  3. Cross-Border Diversity: Trial by Jury in England and Scotland  4. Lay Participation in Legal Decision-Making in Australia and New Zealand: Jury Trials and Administrative Tribunals  5. Psychological Perspectives on Spanish and Russian Juries  6. American Military Courts-Martial: Processes and Procedures of Trials and Decisions  Part 2: Mixed (Lay and Professional) Juries  7. Issues and Prospects in European Juries: An Overview  8. Juries in Italy: Legal and Extra-Legal Norms in Sentencing  9. Human Justice or Injustice? The Jury System in France  10. Social-Psychological Implications of the Mixed Jury in Poland  11. Lay Judges in the German Criminal Court: Social-Psychological Aspects of the German Criminal Justice System  12. On Designing a Mixed Jury System in Japan

O autorze

Martin F. Kaplan, Ana M. Martín