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THE AMERICAN JURY BULWARK OF DEMOCRACY |
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HISTORY AND PURPOSE
Origins of the American Jury
Formation of the American Jury
STRUCTURE
Introduction to Trial by Jury
Grand Jury
Right of the Accused to Trial by Jury
Jury Selection: Voir Dire
Jury of One's Peers
Jury Deliberation
ISSUES
Evidence
Jury Nullification
Jury Trials and the Media
Jury Damage Awards
Comparative Jury Systems
FUTURE
Jury in American Society
Jury Reform
Future of the American Jury
About "The American Jury: Bulwark of Democracy"
SummaryObjectives
Participating Teachers
Scholars and Expert Practitioners
State Partners
Participants in The American Jury: Past and Present
Chicago Historical Society Staff
Project Staff
Summary
"The American Jury: Bulwark of Democracy" is a project of the Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago and is the national expansion of "The American Jury: Past and Present," conducted in Illinois during 1998-1999. Beginning with a two-week institute in July 1999, "The American Jury" focused on the jury system in the United States. its role in American legal, social, and political life; its origins and history; its adaptations to changes in law and American society; its strengths and limitations; and its function as a mediating institution between the people and their government. Participating teachers field-tested in their classrooms both materials from the institute and lessons they developed from their own research. Participants also presented information from the project at local, state, regional, and national staff development conferences.
Both "The American Jury: Bulwark of Democracy" and "The American Jury: Past and Present" were supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent federal agency, and they were hosted and co-sponsored by the Chicago Historical Society.
Project Objectives
"The American Jury" was designed to deepen teacher understanding of the history, structure, challenges, and purpose of the American jury system by:
- discussing the relationship of a democratic society to its legal institutions;
- assessing the strengths and limitations of the American jury system in comparison to legal traditions in other countries; and
- probing current issues of fairness, efficacy, the rule of law, and democratic consent.
- introducing texts, resources, and lessons for classroom use;
- providing skills and strategies for the conduct and assessment of civil discourse;
- offering guidance and feedback on the design of lesson plans and assessment tools; and
- creating opportunities for professional discussion and reflection.
Helen Doherty
Arrow Oak Knoll Bridges School
Covina, CA 91723
Stephen Dunn
Lake Forest High School
1285 North McKinley Road
Lake Forest, IL 60045
Beverly Ellison
West Forsyth High School
1735 Lewisville-Clemmons Road
Clemmons, NC 27012
Brian Etheridge
Timber Drive Elementary
1601 Timber Drive
Garner, NC 27529
Barbara Figg
Standley Lake High School
9300 W. 104th Avenue
Westminster, CO 80021
Dale B. Fountain
Mount Tahoma High School
6229 South Tyler Street
Tacoma, WA 98409
Ralph H. Fredericks
1508 West 41st
LaGrange, IL 60525
Randy Fritz
Williamsfield High School
P.O. Box 179
Williamsfield, IL 61489
Yari Gavidia
Clemente Community Academy H.S.
1147 North Western Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
Heather Helman
Mountlake Terrace High School
20801 44th Ave. W.
Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043
Kevin Holland
Meadow School
7507 N C Highway 50 South
Benson, NC 27504
Hayden Knight
Cedarburg High School
W68 N611 Evergreen Blvd.
Cedarburg, WI 53012
Dan May
O'Fallon High School
600 S. Smiley
O'Fallon, IL 62269
Sunni L. Nucci
Northglenn High School
601 West 100th Place
Northglenn, CO 80221
Chris Paddock
Fountain Forte Carson High School
515 N. Santa Fe
Fountain, CO 80817
Chad Posner
Del Campo High School
4925 Dewey Drive
Fair Oaks, CA 95628
Lora Radke
North High School
1042 School Avenue
Sheboygan, WI 53083
Jack Roach
San Andreas High School
191 Alvarado Street
Hollister, CA 93950
Brian Root
Oregon High School
456 North Perry Parkway
Oregon, WI 53575
Jack Rousso
Roosevelt High School
1410 NE 66th
Seattle, WA 98115
Bonnie Saunders
West Seattle High School
4075 W. Stevens
Seattle, WA 98116
Ann Schulzki
Coronado High School
1590 W. Fillmore
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
Kathleen Vick-Martini
Rhinelander High School
665 Coolidge Avenue
Rhinelander, WI 54501
Alison Wiley
Leesville Road High School
8409 Leesville Road
Raleigh, NC 27613
Scholars and Expert Practitioners
Ronald J. Allen
Northwestern University School of Law
Marvin E. Aspen
U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
William J. Bauer
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Ruben Castillo
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Philip H. Corboy
Corboy & Demetrio
Jean Bethke Elshtain
The University of Chicago Divinity School
Joan B. Gottschall
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Douglas Greenberg
Chicago Historical Society
Donald Hubert
Donald Hubert & Associates
Bernard Judge
Law Bulletin Publishing Co.
Stephan Landsman
DePaul University College of Law
James A. Martin
Maine East High School
Frank J. McGarr
Foley & Lardner
Carol Redell
Downers Grove South High School
Kenneth K. Stuart
Eighteenth Judicial District of Colorado
Chuck Thomason
Clemente Community Academy High School
Jeffery White
Illiana Christian High School
State Partners
Barbara A. Miller
Colorado Civic/Legal Education Program
Andy Schwich
Constitutional Rights Foundation, Los Angeles
Nancy Cope
North Carolina Council for the Social Studies
Margaret Fisher
Office of the Administrator of the Courts, State of Washington
Dee Runaas
Law-Related Education Program, State Bar of Wisconsin
Participants in The American Jury: Past and Present
Teachers
James Gustafson
Evergreen Park Community High School
9901 S. Kedzie Avenue
Evergreen Park, IL 60805
Michael Kane
Kenwood Academy
5015 S. Blackstone
Chicago, IL 60615
James A. Martin
Maine East High School
2601 W. Dempster Street
Park Ridge, IL 60068-1177
Jonathan D. Moses
Lyons Township High School
100 S. Brainard
LaGrange, IL 60525
Joan Rasman
Amundsen High School
5110 N. Damen Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
Carol Redell
Downers Grove South High School
1436 Norfolk
Downers Grove, IL 60516
Rod Sellers
Washington High School
3535 East 114th Street
Chicago, IL 60617
Lisa Skorupski
Mundelein High School
1350 W. Hawley Street
Mundelein, IL 60060
Chuck Thomason
Clemente Community Academy High School
1147 N. Western Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
Jeffery L. White
Illiana Christian High School
2261 Indiana Avenue
Lansing, IL 60438
Roger Wiers
Illiana Christian High School
2261 Indiana Avenue
Lansing, IL 60438
Scholars and Expert Practitioners
Ronald J. Allen
Northwestern University School of Law
William J. Bauer
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Patricia C. Bobb
Patricia C. Bobb & Associates
Ruben Castillo
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Jean Bethke Elshtain
The University of Chicago Divinity School
Joan B. Gottschall
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Douglas Greenberg
Chicago Historical Society
Ronald A. Guzman
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Donald Hubert
Donald Hubert & Associates
Bernard M. Judge
Law Bulletin Publishing Co.
Stephan Landsman
DePaul University College of Law
Frank J. McGarr
Foley & Lardner
Victor Rosenblum
Northwestern University School of Law
Stephen A. Schiller
Circuit Court of Cook County
Chicago Historical Society Staff
Douglas Greenberg
President (1993-2000)
Melinda Spitzer Johnston
Department of Research & Access
Bernard Reilly
Director of Research and Access
Project Staff
Nisan Chavkin
Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago
Carolyn Pereira
Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago