Juries and the transformation of criminal justice in France in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / James M. Donovan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Donovan, James M. (James Michael), 1948-

Series:

Studies in legal history.

Studies in legal history Juries and the transformation of criminal justice in France in the nineteenth & twentieth centuries

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jury--France--History.

Jury.

Criminal procedure--France--History.

Criminal procedure.

Criminal justice, Administration of--France--History.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

James Donovan takes a comprehensive approach to the history of the jury in modern France by investigating the legal, political, sociocultural, and intellectual aspects of jury trial from the Revolution through the twentieth century. He demonstrates that these juries, through their decisions, helped shape reform of the nation's criminal justice system.From their introduction in 1791 as an expression of the sovereignty of the people through the early 1900's, argues Donovan, juries often acted against the wishes of the political and judicial authorities, despite repeated governmental attempt

Contents:

The "palladium of liberty" : juries, the revolution, and Napoleon, 1791-1814

The "jurys censitaires," 1815-1848

The great turning point : the juries of the Second Republic and Second Empire, 1848-1870

The juries of the Republic, 1870-1914

The campaign against the juries, circa 1890-1914

The triumph of experts over jurors : justice in France since World War I.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-88-908798-2-0

979-88-9313-209-0

1-4696-0440-X

0-8078-9577-6

OCLC:

593295717