The jury, tool of kings, palladium of liberty
Type
Book
Authors
Category
Comparative Study
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Publication Year
1988
Publisher
The W.H. Anderson Company, United States
Pages
xiii, 312 pages
Subject
Comparative Study
Abstract
"That a sophisticated people would leave decisions affecting fortune, honor and life to a fixed number of individuals, selected at random, without regard to intelligence, experience or education would seem to defy rational explanation. The reasons lie in history. the first records of institutions ancestral to the jury are coeval with history itself. The ancient Mediterranean civilizations and the Germanic tribes had groups of laymen who participated in judgement..." - Preface
Description
Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgements
Creation of the Gods
Charlemagne's inquisitio
The age of fire, water, and the morsel
William the conqueror - Henry the administrator, 1066-1205 A.D.
Evolution of the judgement jury: 1205-1400
Tudor oppression: Georgian justice, 1400-1789
The jury in America to 1800
The gift rejected
Inconvenient relic (England - 1789-1973)
The constitutional jury (United States - 1800-1973
The summing up
Index
Preface
Acknowledgements
Creation of the Gods
Charlemagne's inquisitio
The age of fire, water, and the morsel
William the conqueror - Henry the administrator, 1066-1205 A.D.
Evolution of the judgement jury: 1205-1400
Tudor oppression: Georgian justice, 1400-1789
The jury in America to 1800
The gift rejected
Inconvenient relic (England - 1789-1973)
The constitutional jury (United States - 1800-1973
The summing up
Index
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Number of Copies
1
