Jaffe on the jury in India
James Jaffe, University of Wisconsin, has published "After Nanavati" in the Economic and Political Weekly 53:32 (12 Aug. 2017). Here's an abstract:
The famous Nanavati case of 1959 gave birth
to two myths: that it was the last jury trial in India and that it was the
prurient sensationalism of the new tabloid press, Blitz in particular,
that corrupted the jury system and made its abolition necessary. It was
actually the refusal of the government and the legal profession to confront
class and caste differences in the courtroom, and not the popular press, that
led to the abolition of the Indian jury.
