Add to ORKGIn the mid-1990s, the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, with Fifth Circuit Judge Patrick Higginbotham as Chair and our honoree, Professor Ed Cooper, in the early years of his long service as Reporter, unanimously (coincidentally, by a 12-0 vote) proposed an amendment to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 48 that would have required the seating of twelve-member juries in federal civil trials. The requirement of a unanimous verdict, unless waived by the parties, and the abolition of alternate jurors would have been unaffected; attrition could reduce a jury\u27s size below twelve members, with a floor of six unless the parties consented to a verdict rendered by a smaller jury. The Standing Committee approved the final proposal by a wide margin, ...
Having declared trial by jury a fundamental right in Duncan v. Louisiana, the Supreme Court began to...
After 700 years of common-law history and nearly 200 years of constitutional history, the Supreme Co...
Complaints about the jury system and calls for its reform are nothing new-they have probably existed...
In the mid-1990s, the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, with Fifth Circuit Judge Patrick Higginboth...
The article was orginally submitted jointly with Dr. Jay Schulman as prepared testimony to the Senat...
My focus today will be on the twelve-person unanimous jury and on the contrasts between such juries ...
The most convincing basis for criticism of the Supreme Court\u27s conclusion that there is no disce...
In the essay that follows, Professor Lempert pursues the lay versus professional issue, once again...
A criminal jury of fewer than 6 members and a jury in which 5 out of 6 can find a verdict were held ...
In the late 1960s, dockets in federal courts were becoming increasingly crowded, the backlog of crim...
Twelve years ago, as the first Reagan administration was coming into office, it appeared that the ci...
No idea was more central to our Bill of Rights. - indeed, to America\u27s distinctive regime of gove...
Methods of Jury Selection. Only five years ago, a member ofthe bench was protesting that whereas cr...
Support is growing for increased use of six-member juries in civil cases. Presently, a jury with les...
Twelve-person juries are often regarded as one of the cornerstones of democracy. In the UK, the righ...
Having declared trial by jury a fundamental right in Duncan v. Louisiana, the Supreme Court began to...
After 700 years of common-law history and nearly 200 years of constitutional history, the Supreme Co...
Complaints about the jury system and calls for its reform are nothing new-they have probably existed...
In the mid-1990s, the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, with Fifth Circuit Judge Patrick Higginboth...
The article was orginally submitted jointly with Dr. Jay Schulman as prepared testimony to the Senat...
My focus today will be on the twelve-person unanimous jury and on the contrasts between such juries ...
The most convincing basis for criticism of the Supreme Court\u27s conclusion that there is no disce...
In the essay that follows, Professor Lempert pursues the lay versus professional issue, once again...
A criminal jury of fewer than 6 members and a jury in which 5 out of 6 can find a verdict were held ...
In the late 1960s, dockets in federal courts were becoming increasingly crowded, the backlog of crim...
Twelve years ago, as the first Reagan administration was coming into office, it appeared that the ci...
No idea was more central to our Bill of Rights. - indeed, to America\u27s distinctive regime of gove...
Methods of Jury Selection. Only five years ago, a member ofthe bench was protesting that whereas cr...
Support is growing for increased use of six-member juries in civil cases. Presently, a jury with les...
Twelve-person juries are often regarded as one of the cornerstones of democracy. In the UK, the righ...
Having declared trial by jury a fundamental right in Duncan v. Louisiana, the Supreme Court began to...
After 700 years of common-law history and nearly 200 years of constitutional history, the Supreme Co...
Complaints about the jury system and calls for its reform are nothing new-they have probably existed...