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Author Horan, Jacqueline, author

Title Juries in the 21st century / Jacqueline Horan
Edition First edition
Published Annandale, N.S.W. : Federation Press, 2012

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 WATERFT LAW  KN 389.6 K1 Hor/Jit  AVAILABLE
Description x, 214 pages ; 21 cm
Contents Foreword by The Hon T F Bathurst, Chief Justice of NSW --Introduction: Juries in the 21st Century -- Who are the Jurors? -- Do Jurors Cope with the Complexity of Contemporary Trials? -- Juror Comprehension Research -- Expert Evidence: Science and Technology in the Courtroom -- The Detective Juror -- Prejudicial Publicity and the Jury -- Jury Communication in the Twenty-First Century
Summary Provides an understanding of and critical thinking about the contemporary jury system. This title details how other jurisdictions are dealing with issues within their jury systems and allows jury practitioners to understand which practices are based upon fact and which are based on habit, anecdote and other misconceptions
Analysis Trials
Legal process
Technological change
Courts & legal procedures
Juries
Australian
Notes Includes bibliographical references and index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Audience Tertiary/Undergraduate, Postgraduate
Subject Jury -- Australia.
Jurors -- Australia.
Procedure (Law) -- Australia.
Courts -- Technological innovations -- Australia.
ISBN 9781862878945 (paperback)
Other Titles Juries in the twenty first century