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Unpacking race in the American jury system : cases, readings, and perspectives

Title: Unpacking race in the American jury system : cases, readings, and perspectives / Raneta Lawson Mack, Skinner Family Distinguished Professor of Law, Creighton University School of Law.
Author: Mack, Raneta Lawson, 1963-
Publication: Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2023]

Details

Description

xiv, 399 pages; 26 cm

Summary

"This casebook explores how the idealistic notion of a 'jury of one's peers' in the American criminal justice system was historically subverted to promote the ends of racism and oppression, a pattern and practice that continues in modern times. Beginning with the history of the jury trial process and continuing through the development of race-based exclusionary practices, such as carefully crafted jury lists and peremptory challenges, the book unpacks and critically examines how and why these racially biased processes became entrenched in the criminal justice system."--Publisher description.

Subject

Genre/Form

Casebooks (Law)

Contents

The origins of exclusion in the American jury system -- Types of juries and their gatekeeping functions -- Limitations, incremental remediation & the "evolution of prejudice" -- Peremptory challenges and racism in jury selection : continuing the legacy of exclusion -- The deliberative process : stereotypes, biases & intimidation in the deliberation room -- Jury nullification : history, outcomes & racist perceptions -- Jury reform.

ISBN

9781531024062
1531024068
9781531024079 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2022942744

OCLC

YBP 2022942744

Author

Mack, Raneta Lawson, 1963- author.

Title

Unpacking race in the American jury system : cases, readings, and perspectives / Raneta Lawson Mack, Skinner Family Distinguished Professor of Law, Creighton University School of Law.

Publisher

Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2023]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

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