Courts and Justice : A Reader

Enhances student knowledge about how the U.S. court system works, the role it plays in society, the restrictions placed on it, & the avenues that can be explored to solidify & enhance its contributions.

Introduction

1

(5)

Trying to Make Sense of It All

Section I: OVERVIEW OF COURTS

5

(48)

In the Eye of the Beholder

7

(18)

The Relationship Between the Public and the courts

Frances Kahn Zemans

On the Myth of Written Constitutions

25

(8)

The Disappearance of Criminal Jury Trial

John H. Langbein

Teaching Courts

33

(20)

Some curriculum and Pedagogy Perspectives

Robert H. Chaires

Susan A. Lentz

Questions to Consider

52

(1)

Section II: DECISION MAKING IN THE SHADOWS Little-Understood components and Processes in the Criminal Justice System

53

(62)

From U.S. Magistrates to U.S. Magistrate judges

55

(14)

Developments Affecting the Federal District Courts' Lower Tier of Judicial Officers

Christopher E. Smith

The Changing Role of the United States Courts of Appeals

69

(18)

The Flow of Litigation Revisited

Sue Davis

Donald R. Songer

Justice Rationed in the Pursuit of Efficiency

87

(28)

De Novo Trials in the Criminal Courts

David A. Harris

Questions to Consider

113

(2)

Section III: LIMITING OR TRUSTING JURIES?

115

(90)

Jury Instructions

118

(13)

A Persistent Failure to communicate

Walter W. Steele, Jr.

Elizabeth G. Thornburg

The American Jury

131

(30)

Handicapped in the Pursuit of Justice

Saul M. Kassin

The Impact of Sequenstration on Juries

161

(14)

James P. Levine

Videotaped Trial Transcripts for Juror Deliberations

175

(8)

Diane M. Hartmus

James P. Levine

Merciful Juries

183

(22)

The Resilience of Jury Nullification

Alan W. Scheflin

Jon M. Van Dyke

Questions to Consider

203

(2)

Section IV: PROBLEMS FOR THE JUDICIARY

205

(74)

Court Administration in the United States

207

(21)

The On-Going Problems

David Orrick

Review Essay in Judicial Recruitment and Selection

228

(30)

Elliot E. Slotnick

Judicial Recruitment and Racial Diversity of State Courts

An Overview

244

(14)

Barbara Luck Graham

Gender Bias in the Courts

258

(21)

A Review of the Literature

Craig Hemmens

Kristin Strom

Elicia Schlegel

Questions to Consider

278

(1)

Section V: POLITICS IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS

279

(104)

Why Prosecutors Misbehave

282

(11)

Bennett L. Gershman

The Criminal Defense Lawyer

293

(34)

Zealous Advocate, Double Agent, or Beleaguered Dealer?

Rodney J. Uphoff

Privatizing Due Process

327

(27)

Issues in the Comparison of Assigned Counsel, Public Defender, and Contracted Indigent Defense Systems

Alissa Pollitz Worden

Calling a Strike a Ball

354

(10)

Jury Nullification and ``Three Strikes'' Cases

Mary Dodge

John C. Harris

Stripped Down like a Runner or Enriched by Experience ?

364

(19)

Bias and Impartiality of Judges and Jurors

Martha Minow

Questions to Consider

381

(2)

Section VI: SPECIALIZED COURTS Shopping the Boutique

383

(70)

The Reemergencce of tribal Society and Traditional

Transferring Juveniles to Adult Courts

400

(19)

Justice Systems

385

(34)

Carey N. Vicenti

Recent Trends and Issues in Canada and the United States

Rick Ruddell

G. Larry Mays

Dennis M. Giever

Evaluating Drug Courts

419

(34)

An Alternative to Incarceration

Elizabeth Mayfield Arnold

Pamela V. Valentine

Marguerite McInnis

C. Aaron McNeece

Courts for Mentally Ill Offenders

Necessity or abdication of Responsibility?

432

(21)

Risdon N. Slate

Questions to Consider

451

(2)

Section VII: THE FUTURE OF COURTS Thinking Outside the Lines

453

(102)

The Staten Island Day-Fine Project

455

(13)

Laura A. Winterfield

Sally T. Hillsman

Expanding Legal Services Programs to Rural America

468

(19)

A Case Study of Program Creation and Operations

Mark Kessler

Secret Justice

487

(8)

John Gibeaut

Concealing Justices or Concealing Justice?

495

(11)

Colombia's Secret Courts

Michael R. Pahl

Reforming the Criminal Trial

506

(7)

Craig M. Bradley

Prosecutorial Discretion

513

(17)

A Comparative Perspective

Zoran Milovanovich

Jury Trials, Russian-Style

530

(25)

An American Jurist Reports on a Country's First Steps Toward a New Method of Justice

Richard T. Andrias

Questions to Consider

553

(2)

Index

555

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