The right to a fair trial / edited by Thom Brooks. - xvi, 515 pages ; 25 cm. - The international library of essays on rights . - International library of essays on rights. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The Right to Trial by Jury: -- The sacred cow of trial by jury / The courage of our convictions / The right to trial by jury / Lay Participation: -- Lay participation in decision making: a Croatian perspective on mixed tribunals / Democratic accountability and lay participation in criminal trials / Jury Nullification: -- The myth of the nullifying jury / A defence of jury nullification / Trial Reform: -- The lamp that shows that freedom lives – is it worth the candle? / The case for jury waiver / Modes of trial: shifting the balance towards the professional judge / The Civil Trial: Why judges, not juries, should set punitive damages( Paul Mogin) -- Decisionmaking about general damages: a comparison of jurors, judges, and lawyers / Trials and Terrorism: -- Terrorism on trial: the President's constitutional authority to order the prosecution of suspected terrorists by military commission / Judicial review of counter-terrorism measures: the Israeli model for the role of the judiciary during the terror era / R.J. O'Hanlon -- Sherman J. Clark -- Thom Brooks -- Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovic -- Tatjana Hörnle -- Nancy S. Marder -- Thom Brooks -- Penny Darbyshire -- Sean Doran and John Jackson -- John Jackson -- Roselle L. Wissler, Allen J. Hart and Michael J. Saks -- Christopher M. Evans -- Yigal Mersel. Part I. Part II. Part III. Part IV. Part V. Part VI.

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Due process of law
Justice, Administration of.
Jury.

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