Juror Comprehension and Complexity: Strategies to Enhance Understanding

Recent law reform debate proposes the complexity of trials as generally reducing juror comprehension. This in turn is said to impact on the accuracy of the verdict. The empirical studies of three very different jury systems examined in detail in the paper challenge these assumptions against problema...

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Main Author: FINDLAY, Mark
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Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2001
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spelling sg-smu-ink.sol_research-39722017-05-22T08:05:27Z Juror Comprehension and Complexity: Strategies to Enhance Understanding FINDLAY, Mark Recent law reform debate proposes the complexity of trials as generally reducing juror comprehension. This in turn is said to impact on the accuracy of the verdict. The empirical studies of three very different jury systems examined in detail in the paper challenge these assumptions against problematic measures of complexity. Critics of the jury, particularly in commercial fraud trials, often take the issue of trial complexity as a given. The studies demonstrate that features of the trial which trouble jurors in terms of concentration, comprehension and decision making are consistent, while often specific to the trial and interrelated. The paper argues for a more sophisticated analysis of trial complexity to precede further empirical testing of the relationship between complexity, comprehension and verdict delivery. This is crucial as a foundation for any policy reform regarding verdict delivery mechanisms on the basis of trial complexity. 2001-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2020 info:doi/10.1093/bjc/41.1.56 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/3972/viewcontent/JurorComprehensionComplexity_2001_Findlay.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Criminal Law
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FINDLAY, Mark
Juror Comprehension and Complexity: Strategies to Enhance Understanding
description Recent law reform debate proposes the complexity of trials as generally reducing juror comprehension. This in turn is said to impact on the accuracy of the verdict. The empirical studies of three very different jury systems examined in detail in the paper challenge these assumptions against problematic measures of complexity. Critics of the jury, particularly in commercial fraud trials, often take the issue of trial complexity as a given. The studies demonstrate that features of the trial which trouble jurors in terms of concentration, comprehension and decision making are consistent, while often specific to the trial and interrelated. The paper argues for a more sophisticated analysis of trial complexity to precede further empirical testing of the relationship between complexity, comprehension and verdict delivery. This is crucial as a foundation for any policy reform regarding verdict delivery mechanisms on the basis of trial complexity.
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title Juror Comprehension and Complexity: Strategies to Enhance Understanding
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title_full Juror Comprehension and Complexity: Strategies to Enhance Understanding
title_fullStr Juror Comprehension and Complexity: Strategies to Enhance Understanding
title_full_unstemmed Juror Comprehension and Complexity: Strategies to Enhance Understanding
title_sort juror comprehension and complexity: strategies to enhance understanding
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2001
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2020
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/3972/viewcontent/JurorComprehensionComplexity_2001_Findlay.pdf
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