1st Edition
Contemporary Challenges in the Jury System A Comparative Perspective
List of contributors vii
Preface x
Foreword xi
1 Challenges facing contemporary jury trial 1
NICOLA MONAGHAN
2 Helping the jury to do their job 7
PETER HUNGERFORD-WELCH
3 When the parties call for jury nullification: A comparative analysis 27
KAY CROSBY
4 Reconsidering the position of jurors with specialist knowledge or expertise 45
NICOLA MONAGHAN
5 Remote justice: undermining trial by jury? Exploring the reasons for keeping the jury in the room 67
DANIEL JASINSKI
6 Another case of Hibernian exceptionalism? Jury trial in Ireland 82
MARK COEN
7 The Scottish jury in the 21st century: challengesand changes 100
PAMELA R. FERGUSON
8 The surprising endurance of trial by jury: A perspective from the United States 117
VALERIE P. HANS
9 Jury trial in Japan: third time lucky? 131
MERYLL DEAN
10 (Un)reasonable beliefs: how rape myth beliefs impact (mock) juror decision-making in Northern Ireland and how potential bias might be lessened 150
ROSIE COWAN
11 Jury trials and rape myth bias: exploring the research evidence, stakeholder perspectives and effective solutions 167
DOMINIC WILLMOTT AND LARA HUDSPITH
12 A critique of the experimental study of juror decision-making: challenges and recommendations 189
LEE JOHN CURLEY AND NICOLA PEDDIE
Index 207
Biography
Nicola Monaghan is Principal Lecturer in Law at the University of Worcester. She teaches criminal law and the law of evidence, and her research focuses on jury misconduct and how we might improve the jury trial in order to protect the institution of the jury.
