How are juries selected in the United States? What forces influence juries in making their decisions? Are some cases simply beyond the ability of juries to deci

This book explores why juries have declined in power and how the federal government and the states have taken the jury's authority.

This monumental and comprehensive volume reviews more than 50 years of empirical research on civil and criminal juries and returns a verdict that strongly suppo

First Published in 1988. More than 3 million Americans are called for jury duty every year. For most people, serving on a jury arouses two feelings: it is both