Verdict according to conscience: perspectives on the English criminal trial jury, 1200-1800

Verdict according to conscience: perspectives on the English criminal trial jury, 1200-1800

Verdict according to conscience: perspectives on the English criminal trial jury, 1200-1800

Law of the United Kingdom and Ireland > England and Wales > Jury

Edition Details

  • Creators or Attribution (Responsibility): Thomas Andrew Green, American Council of Learned Societies
  • Language: English
  • Jurisdiction(s): Illinois
  • Publication Information: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1985
  • Publication Type (Medium): History
  • Material: Internet resource
  • Type: Book, Internet Resource
  • Permalink: https://books.lawi.org.uk/verdict-according-to-conscience-perspectives-on-the-english-criminal-trial-jury-1200-1800/ (Stable identifier)

Short Description

XX, 409 pages ; 24 cm

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, Verdict according to conscience: perspectives on the English criminal trial jury, 1200-1800 is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

  • Responsable Person: Thomas Andrew Green.
  • Publication Date: 1985
  • Country/State: Illinois
  • Number of Editions: 17 editions
  • First edition Date: 1985
  • Last edition Date: 1988
  • Languages: British English
  • Library of Congress Code: KD8400
  • Dewey Code: 345.42075
  • ISBN: 0226306100 9780226306100 0226306097 9780226306094
  • OCLC: 11158823

Main Contents

PART ONE: ORIGINS
The Criminal Trial Jury: Origins and Early Development-an Interpretive Overview
Societal Concepts of Criminal Liability and Jury Nullification of the Law in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries
Judge, Jury, and the Evolution of the Criminal Law in Medieval England
PART TWO: TRANSFORMATIONS
The Transformation of Jury Trial in Early Modern England
Conscience and the True Law: The Ideology of Jury Law-Finding in the Interregnum
The Principle of Noncoercion: The Contest over the Role of the Jury in the Restoration
PART THREE: RESOLUTIONS
Jury Trial and Its Critics in the Eighteenth Century
The Jury, Seditious Libel, and the Criminal Law
Epilogue and Conclusion.

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Criminal law
England
Jury

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