Promoting Fairness and Efficiency in Jury Trials
Criminal Law Journal, Vol. 20, June 1996
13 Pages Posted: 31 Jan 2014
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: 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
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