Commonsense Justice: Jurors' Notions of the Law

Contents......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
1. In Search of Community Sentiment......Page 18
2. Understanding Nullification......Page 34
3. Revealing Jurors’ Sentiments......Page 52
4. How Jurors Construct Reality......Page 74
5. Objectivity versus Subjectivity in the Law......Page 90
6. The Sacred Precinct of the Bedroom......Page 108
7. The Right to Die......Page 123
8. Cruel and Unusual Punishment......Page 143
9. Murther Most Foul......Page 165
10. Death Is Different......Page 183
11. The Juvenile Death Penalty......Page 207
12. On Self-Defense Justice......Page 234
13. The Self-Defense Drama......Page 251
14. The Maddening Changes in Insanity Law......Page 272
15. How Jurors Construe Insanity......Page 290
16. Murderous Passions, Mitigating Sentiments......Page 309
17. The Path of Commonsense Justice......Page 330
Notes......Page 350
Index......Page 394