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- Title
Communication Variables in Jury Selection.
- Authors
Tate, Eugene; Hawrish, Ernest; Clark, Stanley
- Abstract
The article looks at the difference in British, Canadian, and U.S. legal practice in the use of the challenge and jury selection. It emphasizes the importance of the selection of a jury in a fair trial, wherein the jury must be unbiased towards both parties involve in a dispute. Prospective jurors in Great Britain are said to be chosen from among property owners, while in the U.S. names of the jurors are drawn randomly from a box in the courtroom. An overview of the process of selection of jurors in Great Britain, Canada, and the U.S. is provided. The relationship between social characteristics and juror verdicts is explored.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; CANADA; UNITED States; JURY selection; FAIR trial; CONDUCT of court proceedings; JURY decision making; TRIALS (Law); LEGAL status of jurors; COMMUNICATION in law
- Publication
Journal of Communication, 1974, Vol 24, Issue 3, p130
- ISSN
0021-9916
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1460-2466.1974.tb00399.x