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Lay Participation in Modern Slavic States
Bulletin of Kemerovo State University. Series: Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023 The article introduces a comparative legal analysis of modern Slavic states in the sphere of lay participation. The methodological basis included general methods of cognition, as well as comparative the legal method (micro-comparison, diachronic, synchronic), the problem-chronological method, and the formal-legal method. The comparison was based on two
A. Gavrilova
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Making legal sense: on jurors’ discovery of objectivity in Argentina’s experience of lay participation in criminal trials [PDF]
Frontiers in SociologyThis article stems from a broader research programme on the recent incorporation of lay decision-makers into the historically professional-only criminal justice systems in Argentina. It draws on ethnographic data from courthouse observations and in-depth
Santiago Abel Amietta
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Capital Punishment and Lay Participation [PDF]
The Culture of Capital Punishment in Japan, 2019 This chapter examines two new forms of lay participation in Japanese capital justice. The lay judge reform of 2009 has stimulated many changes in formal rules and standard operating procedures in Japan’s criminal process. These changes may be shifting the balance of power in Japanese criminal justice—a balance that has long favored law enforcement ...
David T. Johnson
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Lay Participation: Schöffen Courts and Jury Trials
Bulletin of Kemerovo State University. Series: Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023 Lay participation is an indicator of a democratic society. This article analyzes some traditional forms of lay participation in criminal proceedings, in particular, the Schöffen courts in Germany and jury trials in the UK, e.g., the main competencies of people's judges, staffing rules, etc. The author highlighted some general and special disadvantages,
O. Biryukova
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The (Economic) Effects of Lay Participation in Courts - A Cross-Country Analysis [PDF]
Social Science Research Network, 2008 Legal philosophers like Montesquieu, Hegel and Tocqueville have argued that lay participation in judicial decision-making would have benefits reaching far beyond the realm of the legal system narrowly understood.
Stefan Voigt, Stefan Voigt
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Patient participation in cancer clinical trials: A pilot test of lay navigation
Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2016 Background: Clinical trials (CT) represent an important treatment option for cancer patients. Unfortunately, patients face challenges to enrolling in CTs, such as logistical barriers, poor CT understanding and complex clinical regimens.
Kathleen B. Cartmell +9 more
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Introduction: Lay Participation in the History of Scientific Observation [PDF]
Science in Context, 2011 Why and how have lay people participated in scientific observation? And on what terms have they collaborated with experts and professionals? We have become accustomed to the involvement of lay observers in the practice of many branches of science, including both the natural and human sciences, usually as subordinates to experts.
Jeremy A Vetter
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A Worldwide Perspective on Lay Participation [PDF]
Juries, Lay Judges, and Mixed Courts, 2021 Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Valerie P. Hans
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Lay participation: the paradox of the jury
Comparative Legal History, 2015 Lay participation in the form of the jury has been integral to the administration of justice in England at all levels and in both civil and criminal arenas since the Middle Ages and is popularly regarded as a legacy of Magna Carta by dint of the constitutional significance attributed to the Great Charter over the centuries.
A. Musson
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Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 2023 The province of Buenos Aires (Argentina) introduced its first criminal jury system in 2013. This article discusses the design and initial findings of an ethnographic research project looking at this legal innovation with particular attention to the ...
Santiago Abel Amietta, Leticia Barrera
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