The Jury in England: Practice and Ideology

• Main Authors: DUFF, Peter, FINDLAY
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1982
• Subjects: England; Juries; Jury decision-making; Courts; Criminal Procedure
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2069
• Institution: Singapore Management University

One of the ideological functions of the jury is its demonstration of the impartiality and independence of decisions affecting the accused through its role of arbiter in the adversary system. A second ideological function of the jury is to maintain community involvement in the decision making of stat...