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Book SynopsisIn this important new study, Sanja Kutnjak-Ivkovic takes a comprehensive, international approach to the study of lay participation in legal decision-making. She provides an in-depth analysis of positive and negative features of the principal forms of contemporary lay participation (mixed tribunals, juries, magistrates, lay courts) as they relate to their socio-political environments.
Trade ReviewKutnjak Ivkovich is able to draw convincing and provocative conclusions from her data. -- Simon A. Cole, author of Suspect Identities: A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification * International Criminal Justice Review *
Kutnjak Ivkovich is able to draw convincing and provocative conclusions from her data. -- Simon A. Cole, Cornell University * International Criminal Justice Review *
Table of Contentschapter 1 Forms and Features of Lay Participation chapter 2 History of Lay Participation in Germany chapter 3 History of Lay Participation in Croatia chapter 4 Previous Research on Mixed Tribunals chapter 5 Theoretical Issues chapter 6 Data Collection chapter 7 Mixed Tribunals during Trial chapter 8 Mixed Tribunals during Deliberation and Voting chapter 9 General Opinions about Mixed Tribunals chapter 10 Conclusion chapter 11 Bibliography chapter 12 Index
