Jury Ethics: Juror Conduct and Jury Dynamics - Hardcover

Kleinig, John; Levine, James P.; Abramson, Jeffrey B.; Dann, B. Michael; Diamond, Shari Seidman; Finkel, Norman J.; Hannaford-Agor, Paula; Hans, Valerie P.; Howe, Julie E.; King, Nancy J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1594511489 ISBN 13: 9781594511486

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

Trial by jury is one of the most important aspects of the U.S. legal system. A reflective look at how juries actually function brings out a number of ethical questions surrounding juror conduct and jury dynamics: Do citizens have a duty to serve as jurors? Might they seek exemptions? Is it acceptable for jurors to engage in after-hours research? Might a juror legitimately seek to "nullify" the outcome to express disapproval of the law? Under what conditions might jurors make a valid choice to hold out against or capitulate to their fellow jurors? Is it acceptable to form alliances? After trial, are there problems with entering into publishing contracts? Unfortunately, questions such as these have received scant attention from scholars. This book revives attention to these and other issues of jury ethics by collecting new and insightful essays along with responses from leading scholars in the field of jury studies. Is it acceptable for jurors to engage in after-hours research? Might a juror legitimately seek to "nullify" the outcome to express disapproval of the law? After trial, are there problems with entering into publishing contracts? Unfortunately, questions such as these have received scant attention from scholars. This book revives attention to these and other issues of jury ethics by collecting new and insightful essays along with responses from leading scholars in the field of jury studies. Contributors: Jeffrey Abramson, B. Michael Dann, Shari Seidman Diamond, Norman J. Finkel, Paula Hannaford-Agor, Valerie P. Hans, Julie E. Howe, Nancy J. King, John Kleinig, James P. Levine, Candace McCoy, G. Thomas Munsterman, Maureen O'Connor, Steven Penrod, Alan W. Scheflin, Neil Vidmar

About this title

About the Author:

John Kleinig is Director of the Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics and Professor of Philosophy at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY). His books include Discretion, Community, and Correctional Ethics, edited with Margaret Leland Smith (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004), and From Social Justice to Criminal Justice, edited with William C. Heffernan (Oxford, 2000).

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1594511489
• ISBN 13: 9781594511486
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 308