Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-213) and index.
Contents:
Three puzzles about crime, punishment, and the death of the American jury -- The myth of penal populism -- Participatory democracy and rational disorganization -- The jury as a civic schoolhouse -- Democracy in the court: lay contributions to justice -- Juries, juries, everywhere (but not inside the courts) -- Reviving the jury: active juries, juror activism, and institutional change -- Public justice vs. the penal state.
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