The Hong Kong Jury: A Microcosm of Society?

• Main Authors: DUFF, Peter, FINDLAY, Mark, HOWARTH, Carla
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1990
• 主題: Juries; Jurors; Ordinances; Trials; Verdicts; Defendants; Government issued identification; Jurisdiction; Criminal justice; Criminals; Hong Kong; Asian Studies; Criminal Procedure
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1998; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/3950/viewcontent/HongKongJury_1990.pdf

The claim that the jury is a randomly chosen and representative sample of community is an important part of the ideology which currently underpins the institution. Supporters of the jury argue that both its impartiality and its independence from the State are bolstered by the fact that it represents...