Commonsense Justice: Jurors' Notions of the Law
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. In Search of Community Sentiment -- 2. Understanding Nullification -- 3. Revealing Jurors' Sentiments -- 4. How Jurors Construct Reality -- 5. Objectivity versus Subjectivity in the Law -- 6. The Sacred Precinct of the Bedroom -- 7. The Right to Die -- 8. Cruel and Unusual Punishment -- 9. Murther Most Foul -- 10. Death Is Different -- 11. The Juvenile Death Penalty -- 12. On Self-Defense Justice -- 13. The Self-Defense Drama -- 14. The Maddening Changes in Insanity Law -- 15. How Jurors Construe Insanity -- 16. Murderous Passions, Mitigating Sentiments -- 17. The Path of Commonsense Justice -- Notes -- Index