The American Jury

This highly-acclaimed report from the University of ChicagoLaw School jury study answers the fundamental query: Howdifferently might judge and jury decide the same case?Drawing from 3576 jury trial reports from courts all over theUnited States, the study offers a general theory of jurydecision making."The American Jury is absolutely indispensable to anyonewho would desire full comprehension of the functioning of theAmerican jury. Not only the entire bar but intelligent andinterested laymen as well should be profoundly grateful forthe efforts of Professors Kalven and Zeisel." (The HonorableArthur J. Goldberg)"This is the sort of law book that appears once in adecade.... A pioneering work ... to be savored and reread,not one to be gulped at a single sitting. (Judge Henry J. Friendly)"This book will become a familiar tool in the hands of themany political scientists, sociologists, and socialpsychologists interested in the law." (Harry P. Stumpf)"The Chicago jury project appears to be unique in Americanlaw schools as an undertaking of rigorously scientificresearch in a strictly legal field. Some work has been done atother American law schools, notably Yale and UCLA, butthere has not yet been any production of significant empiriclegal data comparable to that of the Chicago project."(The Honorable Lee Loevinger)