Judges also can err. The strengths and the weaknesses of the civil jury receive attention. Possible negative as well as positive consequences of reform are carefully explored. A spirit of fair-mindedness and generosity characterizes most of the book. There is the resurrection of the jury-phobic tale that juries, above all, are responsible for the delays in civil litigation.
Some authors manifest an excessively sanguine outlook on the future prospects of trial by jury.
As is well known, the American trial jury once had the right to decide factual AND legal issues. In most jurisdictions, the jury has been deprived of the prerogative to decide legal issues. The minimum sum of twenty dollars, which surely should be increased, cannot be changed, it would seem, without a Constitutional act. Currency values change. These, however, are minor quibbles.