Unreasoned Verdict: The Jury's Out

by Louis Blom-Cooper

The system of jury trial has survived, intact, for 750 years. In the light of contemporary opposition to jury trial for serious offences, this book explains the nature and scope today of jury trial, with its minor exceptions. It chronicles the origins and development of jury trial in the Anglo-Saxon world, seeking to explain and explore the principles that lie at the heart of the mode of criminal trial. It observes the distinction between the professional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509915222
• ISBN13: 9781509915224
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.6"