The Seventh Amendment

Author : Kathy Furgang
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1448823285
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Seventh Amendment written by Kathy Furgang and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2011-01-15 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the Seventh Amendment to the U.S. constitution, examining the state of the world before it was passed, how it came to be passed, and how the right to a jury trial has been handled over the years.

Author : Rich Smith
Publisher : ABDO Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1617842583
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seventh Amendment:The Right to a Trial by Jury written by Rich Smith and published by ABDO Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007-08-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the Seventh Amendment, explaining your right to a trial by jury.

Author : Hallie Murray
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 0766085627
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Right to a Jury Trial written by Hallie Murray and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By entrusting a jury of ordinary and impartial citizens to decide the outcome of lawsuits, the Seventh Amendment removed the power from judges, who could potentially be swayed and corrupted. It levels the playing field, guaranteeing that each citizen's voice and interests carry as much weight as that of a wealthy individual, major corporation, or powerful government. The historical context that motivated the drafting and passage of this amendment is discussed. Contemporary, straight-from-the-headlines cases illustrate the relevance of the Seventh Amendment and its application to cases involving consumer protection, environmental cleanup, medical malpractice, and corporate wrongdoing.

Author : Lila E. Summer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780382241857
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Seventh Amendment written by Lila E. Summer and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies the historical origins of the Seventh Amendment, which guarantees citizens the right of trial by jury in civil cases, or those cases involving money and property.

Author : James Oldham
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814762042
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trial by Jury written by James Oldham and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the right to be judged by one's peers in a court of law appears to be a hallmark of American law, protected in civil cases by the Seventh Amendment to the Constitution, the civil jury is actually an import from England. Legal historian James Oldham assembles a mix of his signature essays and new work on the history of jury trial, tracing how trial by jury was transplanted to America and preserved in the Constitution. Trial by Jury begins with a rigorous examination of English civil jury practices in the late eighteenth century, including how judges determined one's right to trial by jury and who composed the jury. Oldham then considers the extensive historical use of a variety of “special juries,” such as juries of merchants for commercial cases and juries of women for claims of pregnancy. Special juries were used for centuries in both English and American law, although they are now considered antithetical to the idea that American juries should be drawn from jury pools that reflect reasonable cross-sections of their communities. An introductory overview addresses the relevance of Anglo-American legal tradition and history in understanding America's modern jury system.

Author : Rachael Morlock
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1538343061
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Jury of Your Peers written by Rachael Morlock and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not only is the right to trial by jury outlined in the Constitution, it's also the focus of the Sixth and Seventh Amendments. Why was trial by jury so important to America's founders? How have juries changed since the 18th century? Why are jury trials becoming rarer? This book provides the answers with evidence from historic documents and events. Engaging main text and sidebars interpret the amendments, dissect relevant Supreme Court decisions, and follow the history of American juries. Readers will be empowered to judge the merits of the Sixth and Seventh Amendments for themselves.

Author : Joan E. Schaffner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Seventh Amendment Right to a Civil Jury Trial written by Joan E. Schaffner and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This article examines the Supreme Court's jurisprudence relating to the historic Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial. I describe the three-prong analysis that the Court employs, analyze the Court's decisions that analyze the jury trial, and conclude that the Court's decisions are consistent with its Seventh Amendment line of cases in which it emphasizes the preservation of the basic right to jury under the first inquiry, while it de-emphasizes the essence and scope of that right under the second and third inquiries.

Author : Donald A. Ritchie
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our Constitution written by Donald A. Ritchie and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHY WAS THE CONSTITUTION NECESSARY?--WHAT KIND OF GOVERNMENT DID THE CONSTITUTION CREATE?--HOW IS THE CONSTITUTION INTERPRETED?

Author : Robert J. McWhirter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781945682070
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Seventh Amendment written by Robert J. McWhirter and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Seventh Amendment "In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law." Trial by oath, trial by ordeal, trial by combat. However did we get from those forms of trial to trial by jury? We take trial by jury as a given, but why is it enshrined in the Bill of Rights? In this book you will find out. Robert McWhirter traces the long history of trials in their various forms from Medieval England, through the Tudor dynasty and the problems of Henry VIII, the Stuart Kings and the Georgians to arrive at how trials were conducted in Colonial America with the tussle for primacy between the judiciary and juries. It was as a result of that last struggle that the drafters of the Bill of Rights realized the need for the Seventh Amendment. This lively account is written for the interested citizen, as well as the civics student. Along the way there are surprising, and interesting, discursions into how the events and personalities surrounding the Seventh Amendment have appeared in literature, film, sports and popular culture. The book is part of a collection chronicling the origins, history, and interpretation, of the first ten Amendments to the Constitution - the Bill of Rights.

Author : Charles W. Wolfram
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Constitutional History of the Seventh Amendment written by Charles W. Wolfram and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: