Trial by Jury Books (and article's bibliography) Here are some recent books on juries. You might also want to check out the listing of books on due process generally. Most of these materials are available in bookstores and libraries, not through the ABA. Some listings were also used in the preparation of our article on juries. Some listings include annotations. Aaseng. Nathan. You are the Juror. Minneapolis, Minn.: The Oliver Press, 1997. Book for young adult readers puts them in the role of jurors in eight famous trials. Abramson, Jeffrey. We, The Jury: The Jury System and the Ideal of Democracy. New York: Basic Books, 1994. An examination of whether the jury systems works, through a look at historical cases that raise such issues as racial bias, jury selection, local justice, and the death penalty. Adler, Stephen J. The Jury: Trial and Error in the American Courtroom. New York: Times Books, 1994. A study of jury proceedings in six separate cases that highlights some of the problems with the jury system. ABA Division for Public Education. Law & the Courts, Volume II: Court Procedures. Chicago: American Bar Association, 1998. Comprehensive information for the general public on court procedures, including resources and a glossary. [Order online through the Law Day Store.] Baldwin, John and McConville, Michael. Jury Trials. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1979. Brill, Steven, et al. Trial by Jury. New York: The American Lawyer/Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 1990. Brookings Institution. Charting a Future for the Civil Jury System: Report from an American Bar Association/Brookings Symposium. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1992. Council for Court Excellence. Guilty or Not Guilty: You Decide: A Participatory Jury Experience for Students. Washington, D.C.: Council for Court Excellence, 1999. Through a short dramatization of an actual murder trial, this interactive educational video places secondary school level and above students on a jury receiving instructions from an actual judge on issues they must consider when deciding the case. A companion Teacher's Guide contains background information on the jury system, discussion questions, suggested exercises and readings, and follow-up issues relating to the student's jury experience. [Order online] Daniels, Stephen and Joanne Martin. Civil Juries and the Politics of Reform. Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 1995. DeTocqueville, Alexis. Democracy in America. New York: Everyman’s Library, 1994. Fukurai, Hiroski, Butler, Edgar W., and Krooth, Richard. Race and the Jury: Racial Disenfranchisement and the Search for Justice. New York: Plenum Press, 1993. Gobert, James J. The Jury on Trial: A Political, Philosophical, and Psychological Examination of the Jury. 1993. Guinther, Jon. The Jury in America. New York: Facts on File, 1988. Hall, Kermit. The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. A reference guide to the U.S. Supreme Court as well as the U.S. judicial system. Hans, Valerie P. and Vidmar, Neil. Judging the Jury. Bew York: Plenum Pess, 1986. A comprehensive history of the American jury system, and critical analysis of its efficacy and usefulness. Hastie, Reed, Penrod, Steven, and Pennington, Nancy. Inside the Jury. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1983. Kalven, Harry, Jr. and Zeisel, Hans. The American Jury. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970. A landmark empirical study of the rates of agreement and disagreement, and their reasons, between jury verdicts and what the trial judge would have decided absent the jury. Lehman, Godfrey D. We the Jury: The Impact of Jurors on Our Basic Freedoms: Great Jury Trials of History. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1997. Lehman argues, through a look at classic cases from colonial days through the twentieth century, for independent juries, and against such modern legal phenomena as jury consultants, the voir dire process, and exclusion of evidence, that have acted to limit jurors’ independence and create a legal system in which Americans have lost faith. Litan, Robert E. (Ed.). Verdict: Assessing the Civil Jury System. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1993. Levine, James. Juries and Politics. Pacific Groves, Cal: Brooks/Cole, 1992 Moller, Erik. Trends in Civil Jury Verdicts Since 1985. Santa Monica, Calif.: Rand Corporation, 1996. A look at jury verdict data from 15 jurisdictions nationwide that finds trends such as which cases are likely to receive highest monetary awards, and where in the nation awards are greatest. Simon, Rita (ed.). The Jury System in America. Beverly Hills, Cal.: Sage Publications, 1975. Simon, Rita James. The Jury & the Defense of Insanity. Somerset, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1999. Uviller, H. Richard. Virtual Justice: The Flawed Prosecution of Crime in America. New Harven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1996. Van Dyke, Jon. Jury Selection Procedures: Our Uncertain Commitment to Representative Panels. Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger Publishing, 1977. Vidmar, Neil. Medical Malpractice and the American Jury: Confronting the Myths About Jury Incompetence, Deep Pockets, and Outrageous Damage Awards. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, 1997. A look at jury decisions in medical malpractice suits that argues that juries actually perform their task quite satisfactorily in such cases. Wenke, Robert A. The Art of Selecting a Jury. (2d ed.) Springfield, Ill: Charles C. Thomas, 1988. Wishman, Seymour. Anatomy of a Jury. New York: Penguin Books, 1986. Wolf, Robert V. and Austin Sarat (Editor). The Jury System (Crime, Justice, and Punishment). Broomall, Pa.: Chelsea House Publishers, 1998. 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