Add to ORKGThe most convincing basis for criticism of the Supreme Court\u27s conclusion that there is no discernible difference between the results reached by the six-member juries and those reached by the twelve-member juries would be empirical data suggesting a contrary conclusion. A recent study by the Institute of Judicial Administration comparing twelve-member and six-member juries in over 650 civil cases in New Jersey courts disclosed less than a two percentage-point difference between the respective percentages of verdicts rendered for plaintiffs by the two different-sized juries. The same study seemed to indicate that the damage awards in twelve-member jury cases were higher than those in six-member jury cases. The reliability of these findi...
none2noIn Williams v. Florida (399 U.S. 78 [1970]), the U.S. Supreme Court decided a case addressing...
After 700 years of common-law history and nearly 200 years of constitutional history, the Supreme Co...
My point is not that verdict differences associated with jury size cannot be revealed through carefu...
The most convincing basis for criticism of the Supreme Court\u27s conclusion that there is no disce...
This article employs the techniques of the social sciences in testing a legal proposition. After set...
Researchers in the behavioral sciences have watched with some pride as the courts have given increas...
My focus today will be on the twelve-person unanimous jury and on the contrasts between such juries ...
Having declared trial by jury a fundamental right in Duncan v. Louisiana, the Supreme Court began to...
Support is growing for increased use of six-member juries in civil cases. Presently, a jury with les...
A total of 567 jury-eligible men and women who were assigned to 6- or 12-person juries saw a videota...
As defined by the Supreme Court, trial by an impartial jury of one’s peers is a procedural due proce...
Few advocates of the jury system would argue that the average juror is as competent a tribunal as th...
The article was orginally submitted jointly with Dr. Jay Schulman as prepared testimony to the Senat...
Prior research by Kaplan and Miller (1978) suggested that juries are generally influenced less by ex...
Placing important decisions in the hands of the civil jury - made up of ordinary citizens untrained ...
none2noIn Williams v. Florida (399 U.S. 78 [1970]), the U.S. Supreme Court decided a case addressing...
After 700 years of common-law history and nearly 200 years of constitutional history, the Supreme Co...
My point is not that verdict differences associated with jury size cannot be revealed through carefu...
The most convincing basis for criticism of the Supreme Court\u27s conclusion that there is no disce...
This article employs the techniques of the social sciences in testing a legal proposition. After set...
Researchers in the behavioral sciences have watched with some pride as the courts have given increas...
My focus today will be on the twelve-person unanimous jury and on the contrasts between such juries ...
Having declared trial by jury a fundamental right in Duncan v. Louisiana, the Supreme Court began to...
Support is growing for increased use of six-member juries in civil cases. Presently, a jury with les...
A total of 567 jury-eligible men and women who were assigned to 6- or 12-person juries saw a videota...
As defined by the Supreme Court, trial by an impartial jury of one’s peers is a procedural due proce...
Few advocates of the jury system would argue that the average juror is as competent a tribunal as th...
The article was orginally submitted jointly with Dr. Jay Schulman as prepared testimony to the Senat...
Prior research by Kaplan and Miller (1978) suggested that juries are generally influenced less by ex...
Placing important decisions in the hands of the civil jury - made up of ordinary citizens untrained ...
none2noIn Williams v. Florida (399 U.S. 78 [1970]), the U.S. Supreme Court decided a case addressing...
After 700 years of common-law history and nearly 200 years of constitutional history, the Supreme Co...
My point is not that verdict differences associated with jury size cannot be revealed through carefu...