Promoting Fairness and Efficiency in Jury Trials

Criminal Law Journal, Vol. 20, June 1996

13 Pages Posted: 31 Jan 2014

See all articles by Wayne Westling

Wayne Westling

University of Oregon

Vicki C. Waye

University of South Australia - Justice & Society

Date Written: June 30, 1996

Abstract

In this article the authors stress the importance of jury trials for society, and are concerned by the pressures to reduce the availability of jury trials because of alleged inefficiencies in the process. They offer suggestions, largely drawn from experiences in North America, to reform the process of jury selection and to reform the way in which jury trials proceed once the jury has been selected. Providing jury trials with fairness and efficiency, they believe, will foster retention of trial by jury.

Keywords: jury trials, jury selection

Suggested Citation

Westling, Wayne and Waye, Vicki C., Promoting Fairness and Efficiency in Jury Trials (June 30, 1996). Criminal Law Journal, Vol. 20, June 1996, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2388519 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2388519

Wayne Westling

University of Oregon ( email )

1280 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
United States

Vicki C. Waye (Contact Author)

University of South Australia - Justice & Society ( email )

GPO Box 2471
Adelaide SA 5001
Australia

Do you have negative results from your research you’d like to share?

Paper statistics

Downloads
150
Abstract Views
717
Rank
352,794
PlumX Metrics