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Author:   Thom Brooks ,  Professor Tom D. Campbell
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   1.224kg
ISBN:  

9780754628088

ISBN 10:   0754628086
Pages:   532
Publication Date:   04 September 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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

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Dr Thom Brooks is Reader in Political and Legal Philosophy at the University of Newcastle, UK. He is editor of the Journal of Moral Philosophy and editor of Rousseau and Law (Ashgate, 2005), The Legacy of John Rawls (2005, 2d ed 2007), Locke and Law (Ashgate, 2007), and The Global Justice Reader (2007), as well as author of Hegel's Political Philosophy (2007) and Punishment (2009). R.J. O'Hanlon, Sherman J. Clark, Thom Brooks, Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovic, Tatjana Hornle, Nancy S. Marder, Penny Darbyshire, Sean Doran, John Jackson, Paul Mogin, Roselle L. Wissler, Allen J. Hart, Michael J. Saks, Christopher M. Evans, Yigal Mersel.

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