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Essay on the Trial by Jury

Name: Essay on the Trial by Jury
Author: Lysander Spooner

Lysander Spooner

Read by BethAnne · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Notes (2:55)
Ch 1 – The Right of Juries to Judge the Justice of Laws (43:15)
Ch 2 – Part 1 – Trial by Jury Defined by Magna Carta (53:39)
Ch 2 – Part 2 – Language of Magna Carta (49:16)
Ch 3 – Part 1 – Additionnal Proofs of the Rights and Duties of Jurors (41:27)
Ch 3 – Part 2 – Ancient Common Law Juries were Mere Courts of Conscience (23:31)
Ch 3 – Part 3 – Ancient Common Law Juries were Mere Courts of Conscience (43:59)
Ch 3 – Part 4 – Oaths of Jurors (30:11)
Ch 3 – Part 5 – Right of Jurors to fix the Sentence (33:31)
Ch 3 – Part 6 – The Coronation Oath (25:49)
Ch 4 – The Rights and Duties of Juries in Civil Suits (39:14)
Ch 5 – Part 1 – Objections Answered (26:58)
Ch 5 – Part 2 – Objections Answered (25:17)
Ch 6 – Juries of the Present Day Illegal (43:41)
Ch 7 – Part 1 – Illegal Judges (26:27)
Ch 7 – Part 2 – Illegal Judges (33:38)
Ch 8 – Free Administration of Justice (15:06)
Ch 9 – The Criminal Intent (31:46)
Ch 10 – Moral Considerations for Jurors (7:10)
Ch 11 – Authority of Magna Carta (41:04)
Ch 12 – Limitations Imposed Upon the Majority by the Trial by Jury (41:31)
Appendix (9:16)