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The Right to a Fair Trial
Covers such topics as the right to jury trial; lay participation in trials; jury nullification; trial reform; the civil jury trial; and, the issue of terrorism trials. This collection helps inform both scholars and students of both the importance and complexity of the right to a fair trial, and focuses on how the trial might be further improved.
| Author(s) | Edited by Thom Brooks. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 532 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 4 Sept 2009 |
| Availability | Available |
Covers such topics as the right to jury trial; lay participation in trials; jury nullification; trial reform; the civil jury trial; and, the issue of terrorism trials. This collection helps inform both scholars and students of both the importance and complexity of the right to a fair trial, and focuses on how the trial might be further improved.
Contents: Introduction; Part I The Right to Trial by Jury: The sacred cow of trial by jury, R.J. O'Hanlon; The courage of our convictions, Sherman J. Clark; The right to trial by jury, Thom Brooks. Part II Lay Participation: Lay participation in decision
Dr Thom Brooks is Reader in Political and Legal Philosophy at the University of Newcastle, UK. He is editor of the Journal of Moral Philosophy and editor of Rousseau and Law (Ashgate, 2005), The Legacy of John Rawls (2005, 2d ed 2007), Locke and Law (Ashg
