Citation: Hull, B.R. The jury system. Senior thesis, Kansas State Agricultural College, 1897.Morse Department of Special CollectionsIntroduction: Like all other great social institutions, our present jury system did not spring into existence all at once, but was a process of gradual evolution. Consequently authorities differ as regards its origin. Some claim it is of Frankish origin and dates back to 978; others think it developed from the early judicial customs of the Teutonic people; while Blackstone says it was among the earliest Saxon colonies. The Magna Carta provides that no man shall be deprived of his life or property except through a verdict of his peers. Whatever be its origin the first case we have recorded in English history is ...
This paper was delivered at a forum organised by the Għaqda Studenti tal-Liġi on March 12th, 1974.pe...
Historically, the American legal system has accorded juries wide discretion to impose sentences in t...
In this Article, Professor Oldham provides a unique historical study of the special, or struck, jury...
Citation: Newell, S.B. Individualism vs. socialism. Senior thesis, Kansas State Agricultural College...
The focus of this thesis is the derivation of the American jury system from the English jury of Henr...
The origin of the jury is one of the subjects on which an agreement has not been. reached by writers...
This article examines the evolution of the jury from its origins in England through its transportati...
King describes the American criminal jury, focusing on those aspects of the institution that disting...
rich baggage of our heritage and origins as a communal people. It is both what we have been and what...
Periodically, our society goes through agonizing soulsearching and much hand-wringing about the effi...
The early English jury was self-informing and composed of persons supposed to have first-hand knowle...
In his article, Professor Landsman surveys the historical progress of the civil jury. He argues that...
Jury practice in the state and federal courts evolved dramatically in the nineteenth and early twent...
The ancient and medieval custom of compurgation, the clearing of one’s name by producing oath-helper...
The ancient and medieval custom of compurgation, the clearing of one’s name by producing oath-helper...
This paper was delivered at a forum organised by the Għaqda Studenti tal-Liġi on March 12th, 1974.pe...
Historically, the American legal system has accorded juries wide discretion to impose sentences in t...
In this Article, Professor Oldham provides a unique historical study of the special, or struck, jury...
Citation: Newell, S.B. Individualism vs. socialism. Senior thesis, Kansas State Agricultural College...
The focus of this thesis is the derivation of the American jury system from the English jury of Henr...
The origin of the jury is one of the subjects on which an agreement has not been. reached by writers...
This article examines the evolution of the jury from its origins in England through its transportati...
King describes the American criminal jury, focusing on those aspects of the institution that disting...
rich baggage of our heritage and origins as a communal people. It is both what we have been and what...
Periodically, our society goes through agonizing soulsearching and much hand-wringing about the effi...
The early English jury was self-informing and composed of persons supposed to have first-hand knowle...
In his article, Professor Landsman surveys the historical progress of the civil jury. He argues that...
Jury practice in the state and federal courts evolved dramatically in the nineteenth and early twent...
The ancient and medieval custom of compurgation, the clearing of one’s name by producing oath-helper...
The ancient and medieval custom of compurgation, the clearing of one’s name by producing oath-helper...
This paper was delivered at a forum organised by the Għaqda Studenti tal-Liġi on March 12th, 1974.pe...
Historically, the American legal system has accorded juries wide discretion to impose sentences in t...
In this Article, Professor Oldham provides a unique historical study of the special, or struck, jury...