jury

Traces the development of the right to a trial by a jury--a guaranteed right in the United States--and provides information through primary and secondary text analysis and commentary. Includes an annotated list of related Supreme Court cases.

Provides information about courts of law, explaining their purpose, looking at the people who participate in the court system, and describing the work done by jury members on a court case.

Photographs and text describe for young readers what it is like to serve on a jury.

Examines jury trials, discussing their history, function, procedures, and significance in society.

In this illustrated novel told through journal entries, news clippings, and letters, twelve-year-old Lily finds herself on the jury of a murder trial while conducting her own undercover investigation of the case.

Uses a "composite" trial as a vehicle to illustrate aspects of the jury system as a whole. Examines how and why a jury reaches a decision and its ramifications for the justice system.

Discusses how the ideal of jury service could coexist with the reality of it.

The jury is the heart of our system of justice, and places great power in the hands of citizens. This book shows the history of the jury and how the dilemma surrounding juries and justice today originated.

An account of how the American jury system works and where it sometimes fails.