World jury systems. Edited by Neil Vidmar. Oxford University Press, New York, 2000. Although use of the civil jury has diminished, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the criminal jury continues to play an important role in the justice systems of more than fifty countries and territories around the world. This volume presents in-depth coverage of the jury systems of Australia, England, Canada, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and the United States.
Coverage includes civil as well as criminal juries.
There is also a chapter on the newly revived criminal jury systems of Spain and Russia, and a chapter on the potential revival of the jury system that once existed in Japan. All of the chapters are authored by leading scholars who are intimately familiar with the jury system on which they write. Go to Selected Recent Acquisitions, A-K Return to the top of this page. Return to Recent Law Library Acquisitions. Return to the Acquisitions Helpers Page.