Jury Nullification

The Evolution of a Doctrine

Clay S. Conrad (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

300 Seiten

2013
Cato Institute (Verlag)
978-1-939709-00-4 (ISBN)

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Juries have been delivering independent verdicts in the interest of justice for over 800 years, serving as the final check on government's power to pass unjust, immoral, or oppressive laws that leave citizens at the mercy of sometimes jaded or corrupt courts and legislatures. This was what the Founding Fathers feared, and this is the reason why they guaranteed trial by jury three times in the Constitution - more than any other right. In Jury Nullification, author Clay Conrad examines the history, the law, and the practical and political implications of jury independence, examining in depth the role of nullification in capital punishment law, the dark side of jury nullification in Southern lynching and civil rights cases, and the purpose and legal effect of the juror's oath. This book should be of interest to historians, trial lawyers, criminologists, political scientists, and anyone interested in knowing how our criminal justice system works - and how to make it better.

Clay S. Conrad is a trial lawyer in Houston, Texas, with the law firm of Looney & Conrad, P.C.

Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	164 x 230 mm
Gewicht	608 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Strafverfahrensrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-939709-00-8 / 1939709008
ISBN-13	978-1-939709-00-4 / 9781939709004
Zustand	Neuware