Jury duty : reclaiming your political power and taking responsibility /: reclaiming your political power and taking responsibility. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael Singer.
• Other Names: Singer, Michael, 1942-
• Contents: How the jury system works -- What the jury system costs -- Citizens as jurors in the justice system -- The myth of improved trial outcomes -- The myth of promoting democratic citizenship -- The long history of the nullification power -- The jury as safeguard against government -- The worth of the jury system -- Obstruction of the jury in the trial process -- Obstruction of the jury in the sentencing power -- Discretion and responsibility -- Conscientious fulfillment of jury duty -- Juror responsibility for unjust prison conditions.
• Publisher Details: New York : Praeger
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Subjects: 347.73/752; Political Science -- Civics & Citizenship; Jury -- United States; Law
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216107521
• Related ISBNs: 9781440802690
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.