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- Title
Twenty-Five Years of Batson: An Introduction to Equal Protection Regulation of Peremptory Jury Challenges.
- Authors
Tomkovicz, James J.
- Abstract
An essay is presented which focuses on the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Batson v. Kentucky, wherein concerns related to equal protection regulation of peremptory jury challenges were discussed along with its significance and efficacy. It offers information on precedents that formed the basis of cases like Strauder v. West Virginia and Swain v. Alabana. It discusses relationship between peremptory challenges and guarantee of equal protection resulting from Batson's revolutionary reform.
- Subjects
ACTIONS &; defenses (Law); UNITED States. Supreme Court; BATSON v. Kentucky; STRAUDER v. West Virginia (Supreme Court case); LEGAL judgments; EQUAL rights
- Publication
Iowa Law Review, 2012, Vol 97, Issue 5, p1393
- ISSN
0021-0552
- Publication type
Essay