Future of the American Jury

Future of the American Jury
	THE AMERICAN JURY BULWARK OF DEMOCRACY		About the Project Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago Chicago Historical Society National Endowment for the Humanities
AN ONLINE RESOURCE GUIDE
Lessons and Activities Jury Trials for the Classroom Resources from the Chicago Historical Society Web Resources Print Resources Site Index 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		What will be the future of the American Jury? Will it remain as de Tocqueville's "school of democracy" or fade away? Will it continue to respond to the needs of American society or be replaced for some other structure? Will the jury continue to as a symbol of the people's role in promoting justice and protecting against the abuses of government? This section of "The American Jury" provides resources and information about the future of the jury system-its problems and its promise. It also includes classroom lessons designed to help students think about the purposes of the jury system and whether it remains important for meeting those purposes today.		LIST OF LESSONS What are the Purposes of the Jury? Why is the Jury System Important? LINKS TO RELEVANT SITES Americans' Right to Trial by Jury May Be Slipping Away Proposed Jurors' Bill of Rights: Arizona Supreme Court Committee on More Effective Use of Juries Colorado Supreme Court Jury Reform Committee Summary List of Recommendations: Washington State Jury Commission Procedural Tort Reform: Lessons from Other Nations The Politics of Jury Competence New York Jury Project
		PRINT RESOURCES Bernstein, David E. "Civil Jury Trials," in "Procedural Tort Reform: Lessons from Other Nations," Regulation, The Cato Review of Business & Government, pp. 2-5. urriden, Mark. "Americans' Right to Trial by Jury May Be Slipping Away," ABA Journal, August 2000. Edmond, Gary and David Mercer, "The Politics of Jury Competence," from Technology and Public Participation (University of Wollongong, 1998). O'Connor, Sandra Day. "Luncheon Address to the National Conference on Public Trust and Confidence in the Justice System," May 15, 1999. Pallasch, Abdon M. "Napping Juries Giving Courts a Wakeup Call," Chicago Tribune, April 16, 1998.
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