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...
As defined by the Supreme Court, trial by an impartial jury of one’s peers is a procedural due proce...
none2noIn Williams v. Florida (399 U.S. 78 [1970]), the U.S. Supreme Court decided a case addressing...
In 1970, the United States Supreme Court held in Williams v. Florida that due process is not violate...
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 ...
Support is growing for increased use of six-member juries in civil cases. Presently, a jury with les...
Having declared trial by jury a fundamental right in Duncan v. Louisiana, the Supreme Court began to...
The article was orginally submitted jointly with Dr. Jay Schulman as prepared testimony to the Senat...
A criminal jury of fewer than 6 members and a jury in which 5 out of 6 can find a verdict were held ...
Few advocates of the jury system would argue that the average juror is as competent a tribunal as th...
In the late 1960s, dockets in federal courts were becoming increasingly crowded, the backlog of crim...
After 700 years of common-law history and nearly 200 years of constitutional history, the Supreme Co...
In the mid-1990s, the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, with Fifth Circuit Judge Patrick Higginboth...
As defined by the Supreme Court, trial by an impartial jury of one’s peers is a procedural due proce...
none2noIn Williams v. Florida (399 U.S. 78 [1970]), the U.S. Supreme Court decided a case addressing...
In 1970, the United States Supreme Court held in Williams v. Florida that due process is not violate...
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 ...
Support is growing for increased use of six-member juries in civil cases. Presently, a jury with les...
Having declared trial by jury a fundamental right in Duncan v. Louisiana, the Supreme Court began to...
The article was orginally submitted jointly with Dr. Jay Schulman as prepared testimony to the Senat...
A criminal jury of fewer than 6 members and a jury in which 5 out of 6 can find a verdict were held ...
Few advocates of the jury system would argue that the average juror is as competent a tribunal as th...
In the late 1960s, dockets in federal courts were becoming increasingly crowded, the backlog of crim...
After 700 years of common-law history and nearly 200 years of constitutional history, the Supreme Co...
In the mid-1990s, the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, with Fifth Circuit Judge Patrick Higginboth...
As defined by the Supreme Court, trial by an impartial jury of one’s peers is a procedural due proce...
none2noIn Williams v. Florida (399 U.S. 78 [1970]), the U.S. Supreme Court decided a case addressing...
In 1970, the United States Supreme Court held in Williams v. Florida that due process is not violate...