Jury ification : the jurisprudence of jurors' privilege / Travis Hreno.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hreno, Travis, 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jury ification--United States.

Jury ification.

Jurisprudence--United States.

Jurisprudence.

Jury--United States.

Jury.

Genre:

Informational works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Ethics International Press Ltd, [2024]

Summary:

Jury nullification, in its simplest definition, occurs when a jury returns a not guilty verdict for a defendant it believes to be legally guilty of the crime charged. To put this explicitly, a jury nullifies when, despite believing both a) that the defendant did, beyond a reasonable doubt, commit the act/omission in question, and b) that such behavior is, in fact, prohibited by law, nevertheless declares the defendant innocent. This book explores the specifically philosophical aspects of the phenomenon. Is jury nullification a right? A power? A mere ability? A privilege? A pernicious form of juror malfeasance? Is a system that allows for jury nullification more, or less just, than one that does not? This important book fills a gap in the current scholarship around jury nullification, which, for the most part, has been confined to purely doctrinal analyses, rather than the broader ethical, social, political, and philosophical contours of this issue.

Contents:

Introduction

Part 1. Jury nullification

The historical development and contemporary law of jury nullification

The 'necessity' of nullification

Part 2. The nullification instruction

The failure of the rights/power approach

Arguments offered in support of the nullification instruction

Arguments offered in opposition to the nullification instruction

Conclusion.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Hreno, Travis Jury Nullification

ISBN:

9781804410912

1804410918

OCLC:

1422231384