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While jury decision making has received considerable attention from social scientists, there have been few efforts to systematically pull together all the pieces of this research. In Jury Decision Making Dennis J. Devine examines over 50 years of research on juries and offers a “big picture” overview of the field. The volume summarizes existing theories of jury decision making and identifies what we have learned about jury behavior, including the effects of specific courtroom practices, the nature of the trial, the characteristics of the participants, and the evidence itself. Making use of those foundations, Devine offers a new integrated theory of jury decision making that addresses both individual jurors and juries as a whole and discusses its ramifications for the courts. Providing a unique combination of broad scope, extensive coverage of the empirical research conducted over the last half century, and theory advancement, this accessible and engaging volume offers "one-stop shopping" for scholars, students, legal professionals, and those who simply wish to better understand how well the jury system works.

Jury --- Judgments by peers --- Juries --- Trial by jury --- Trial by peers --- Trials --- Law and fact --- Lay judges --- Psychological aspects. --- Decision making. --- Law and legislation

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Flexon presents an interdisciplinary perspective to the problem of racial disparities in capital case outcomes. In doing so, research from social and cognitive psychology concerning stereotypes and attitude influence were bridged with other empirical findings concerning racial disparities in capital sentencing. Specifically, the psychology of stereotypes and attitudes are used to help explain how racial discrimination can operate undetected among death qualified jurors while producing sentencing discrepancies. The introduction of a potential source of bias information concerning criminal justi

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Examining lay participation in the administration of justice and how it reflects certain democratic principles, Democracy in the Courts explores issues critical to confidence in criminal justice.

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The delivery of justice is a core function of the modern state. The recent introduction of jury/lay judge systems for criminal trials in Japan, South Korea, Spain, and perhaps soon Taiwan represents a potentially major reform of this core function, shifting decision making authority from professional judges to ordinary citizens. But the four countries chose to empower their citizens to markedly different degrees. Why? Who Judges? is the first book to offer a systematic account for why different countries design their new jury/lay judge systems in very different ways. Drawing on detailed theoretical analysis, original case studies, and content analysis of fifty years of Japanese parliamentary debates, the book reveals that the relative power of 'new left'-oriented political parties explains the different magnitudes of reform in the four countries. Rieko Kage's vital new study opens up an exciting new area of research for comparative politics and socio-legal studies.

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This book studies the configuration of the freedom of higher education in Spain and in Europe during the 19th century. After a comparative study of European reality (France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Great Britain and the United States), the book shows that in Spain, during the Revolutionary Sexennium (1868-1874), measures were carried out that were in the European vanguard. The study analyzes, at different stages, who had a monopoly on university education; if professors could freely teach a program; if students had freedom to organize their studies and exams; if the University was free to grant its degrees; and if the university degrees allowed the holder to directly and freely practice his profession. The book concludes with an extensive appendix of legislation, speeches and other virtually unknown materials of the Revolutionary Sexennium.---Este libro estudia la configuración de la libertad de enseñanza superior en España y en Europa durante el siglo XIX. Tras un estudio comparado de la realidad europea (Francia, Alemania, Bélgica, Italia, Gran Bretaña y Estados Unidos), en el libro se muestra que en España, durante el Sexenio Revolucionario (1868-1874), se llevaron a cabo medidas que estuvieron en la vanguardia europea. El estudio analiza, en las diferentes etapas, quién tenía el monopolio de la enseñanza universitaria; si los docentes podían enseñar libremente un programa; si los estudiantes gozaban de libertad para organizar sus estudios y sus exámenes; si la Universidad tenía libertad para otorgar sus títulos; y si los grados universitarios facultaban a su titular para ejercer directa y libremente su profesión. El libro concluye con extenso apéndice de legislación, discursos y otros materiales prácticamente desconocidos del Sexenio Revolucionario.

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