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1 online resource (365 pages) |
| Contents |
Preface; Introduction; 1 The Scope of the Seventh Amendment Guarantee; 2 The "Complexity Exception"; 3 Law versus Fact; 4 Determining Damages: The Seventh Amendment, the Writ of Inquiry, and Punitive Awards; 5 The Jury of Matrons; 6 The Self-Informing Jury; 7 The English Origins of the Special Jury; 8 Special Juries in England: Nineteenth-Century Usage and Reform; 9 Special Juries in the United States and Modern Jury Formation Procedures; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Notes; Table of Statutes; Table of Cases; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
While the right to be judged by one's peers in a court of law appears to be a hallmark of American law, protected in civil cases by the Seventh Amendment to the Constitution, the civil jury is actually an import from England. Legal historian James Oldham assembles a mix of his signature essays and new work on the history of jury trial, tracing how trial by jury was transplanted to America and preserved in the Constitution. Trial by Jury begins with a rigorous examination of English civil jury practices in the late eighteenth century, including how judges determined one's right to trial by jury |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
United States. Constitution. 7th Amendment.
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| SUBJECT |
Constitution (United States) fast (OCoLC)fst01356075 |
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Jury -- United States -- History
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Jury -- England -- History
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Constitutional law -- United States.
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LAW -- Constitutional.
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Constitutional law.
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Jury.
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England.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780814762592 |
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081476259X |
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