Trial by jury : the Seventh Amendment and Anglo-American special juries / James Oldham.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oldham, James
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2006], ©2006.
Subjects:
United States. > Constitution. > 7th Amendment.
Jury > United States > History.
Jury > England > History.
Constitutional law > United States.
Online Access:
Connect to: Table of contents - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:ix, 355 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The scope of the Seventh Amendment guarantee
  • The complexity exception
  • Law versus fact
  • Determining damages : the Seventh Amendment, the writ of inquiry, and punitive awards
  • The jury of matrons
  • The self-informing jury
  • The English origins of the special jury
  • Special juries in England : nineteenth century usage and reform
  • Special juries in the United States and modern jury formation procedures.