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James Donovan takes a comprehensive approach to the history of the jury in modern France by investigating the legal, political, sociocultural, and intellectual aspects of jury trial from the Revolution through the twentieth century. He demonstrates that these juries, through their decisions, helped shape reform of the nation's criminal justice system.From their introduction in 1791 as an expression of the sovereignty of the people through the early 1900's, argues Donovan, juries often acted against the wishes of the political and judicial authorities, despite repeated governmental attempt

Criminal justice, Administration of --- Criminal procedure --- Jury --- Criminal law --- Courts --- Procedure (Law) --- Public law --- Appellate procedure --- Criminal courts --- Trial practice --- Judgments by peers --- Juries --- Trial by jury --- Trial by peers --- Trials --- Law and fact --- Lay judges --- History. --- Pleading and practice --- Law and legislation

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