TY  - GEN
T1  - Verdict assessing the civil jury system
A2  - Litan, Robert E., 1950-
LA  - English
PP  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Brookings Institution
YR  - 1993
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_on1330864228
AB  - The right to a jury trial is a fundamental feature of the American justice system. In recent years, however, aspects of the civil jury system have increasingly come under attack. Many question the ability of lay jurors to decide complex scientific and technical questions that often arise in civil suits. Others debate the high and rising costs of litigation, the staggering delay in resolving disputes, and the quality of justice. Federal and state courts, crowded with growing numbers of criminal cases, complain about handling difficult civil matters. As a result, the jury trial is effectively be.
OP  - 542
NO  - "The chapters in this volume were originally prepared for a joint project and symposium that Brookings conducted with the American Bar Association's Litigation Section in June 1992"--P. vii.
CN  - KF8972.A5 V47 1993
SN  - 9780815720195
SN  - 081572019X
SN  - 0815752822 (cl : alk. paper)
SN  - 0815752814 (pa : alk. paper)
SN  - 9780815752813
KW  - Jury : United States.
KW  - LAW / General
KW  - Jury
KW  - United States
ER  -