Michael Singer, MA, PhD, JD, is professor at the School of Law at King's College London, England.

This detailed book would work in judicial process courses as an introduction to the controversy surrounding the jury system. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers, undergraduate students, graduate students, and professionals.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPART I The Basics of the Jury SystemChapter 1 How the Jury System WorksChapter 2 What the Jury System CostsChapter 3 Citizens as Jurors in the Justice SystemPART II Myths about the Jury SystemChapter 4 The Myth of Improved Trial OutcomesChapter 5 The Myth of Promoting Democratic CitizenshipPART III The Jury as Political InstitutionChapter 6 The Long History of the Nullification PowerChapter 7 The Jury as Safeguard against GovernmentChapter 8 The Worth of the Jury SystemPART IV Government Obstruction of the JuryChapter 9 Obstruction of the Jury in the Trial ProcessChapter 10 Obstruction of the Jury in the Sentencing ProcessPART V Jury ResponsibilityChapter 11 Discretion and ResponsibilityChapter 12 Conscientious Fulfillment of Jury DutyChapter 13 Juror Responsibility for Unjust Prison ConditionsNotesBibliographyIndex

Michael Singer, MA, PhD, JD, is professor at the School of Law at King's College London, England.

This detailed book would work in judicial process courses as an introduction to the controversy surrounding the jury system. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers, undergraduate students, graduate students, and professionals.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPART I The Basics of the Jury SystemChapter 1 How the Jury System WorksChapter 2 What the Jury System CostsChapter 3 Citizens as Jurors in the Justice SystemPART II Myths about the Jury SystemChapter 4 The Myth of Improved Trial OutcomesChapter 5 The Myth of Promoting Democratic CitizenshipPART III The Jury as Political InstitutionChapter 6 The Long History of the Nullification PowerChapter 7 The Jury as Safeguard against GovernmentChapter 8 The Worth of the Jury SystemPART IV Government Obstruction of the JuryChapter 9 Obstruction of the Jury in the Trial ProcessChapter 10 Obstruction of the Jury in the Sentencing ProcessPART V Jury ResponsibilityChapter 11 Discretion and ResponsibilityChapter 12 Conscientious Fulfillment of Jury DutyChapter 13 Juror Responsibility for Unjust Prison ConditionsNotesBibliographyIndex

Michael Singer, MA, PhD, JD, is professor at the School of Law at King's College London, England.

This detailed book would work in judicial process courses as an introduction to the controversy surrounding the jury system. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers, undergraduate students, graduate students, and professionals.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPART I The Basics of the Jury SystemChapter 1 How the Jury System WorksChapter 2 What the Jury System CostsChapter 3 Citizens as Jurors in the Justice SystemPART II Myths about the Jury SystemChapter 4 The Myth of Improved Trial OutcomesChapter 5 The Myth of Promoting Democratic CitizenshipPART III The Jury as Political InstitutionChapter 6 The Long History of the Nullification PowerChapter 7 The Jury as Safeguard against GovernmentChapter 8 The Worth of the Jury SystemPART IV Government Obstruction of the JuryChapter 9 Obstruction of the Jury in the Trial ProcessChapter 10 Obstruction of the Jury in the Sentencing ProcessPART V Jury ResponsibilityChapter 11 Discretion and ResponsibilityChapter 12 Conscientious Fulfillment of Jury DutyChapter 13 Juror Responsibility for Unjust Prison ConditionsNotesBibliographyIndex