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Friday, June 5, 2015

Lerner on "The Uncivil Jury"

Renée Lettow Lerner
Renée Lettow Lerner, GW Law, has just completed a series of guest posts, entitled “The Uncivil Jury,” for The Volokh Conspiracy:

Americans’ misplaced sentiment about the civil jury
The unromantic origins of the jury and the continuous need for an alternative
The perils of jury trial, efforts to control juries, and the deceptive allure of nullification
The collapse of the civil jury
What to do now — repeal and redesign
Posted by Dan Ernst at 12:30 AM
Labels: Constitutional studies, Courts and judges, Juries, Procedure
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