Juries and the Transformation of Criminal Justice in France in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
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 1900s, argues Donovan, juries often acted against the wishes of the political and judicial authorities, despite repeated governmental attempts to manipulate their composition. High acquittal rates…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4696-2218-7
- EAN: 9781469622187
- Produktnummer: 16713980
- Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 274 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.6 cm 446 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 446
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