How prepared are you to take seriously the notion that 'we the people' are, in fact, sovereign? Discover the secret, and unused, power of jurors. 'Ask why; then nullify.'
- Norm Pattis
Chapter List
- Facts, Law and Letting Juries Decide Cases
- Individuals and Interests: The Raw Material of Justice
- Federalism Is Passé: The State of Nature is Alive and Well
- The Reality of Confl ict and the Necessity of Illusion
- People Want to be Heard
- Lawyers, Clients, and the “Vanishing Jury Trial”
- Papering the Civil Justice System to Death
- The Legitimizing Function of Jury Verdicts
- Powerful Juries
- Justice and High-Profile Trials
- John Locke and Jury Duty
- Where Locke Went Wrong: Tacit Consent is for Sissies
- Pascal’s Wager and the Hope of Citizenship
Epilogue - A Fairy Tale for Our Time
Brilliant ..... Audacious
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