Contemporary Challenges in the Jury System

Nicola Monaghan is Principal Lecturer in Law at the University of Worcester. She teaches criminal law and the law of evidence, and her research focuses on jury misconduct and how we might improve the jury trial in order to protect the institution of the jury.

List of contributors vii Preface x Foreword xi 1 Challenges facing contemporary jury trial 1 NICOLA MONAGHAN 2 Helping the jury to do their job 7 PETER HUNGERFORD-WELCH 3 When the parties call for jury nullification: A comparative analysis 27 KAY CROSBY 4 Reconsidering the position of jurors with specialist knowledge or expertise 45 NICOLA MONAGHAN 5 Remote justice: undermining trial by jury? Exploring the reasons for keeping the jury in the room 67 DANIEL JASINSKI 6 Another case of Hibernian exceptionalism? Jury trial in Ireland 82 MARK COEN 7 The Scottish jury in the 21st century: challenges and changes 100 PAMELA R. FERGUSON 8 The surprising endurance of trial by jury: A perspective from the United States 117 VALERIE P. HANS 9 Jury trial in Japan: third time lucky? 131 MERYLL DEAN 10 (Un)reasonable beliefs: how rape myth beliefs impact (mock) juror decision-making in Northern Ireland and how potential bias might be lessened 150 ROSIE COWAN 11 Jury trials and rape myth bias: exploring the research evidence, stakeholder perspectives and effective solutions 167 DOMINIC WILLMOTT AND LARA HUDSPITH 12 A critique of the experimental study of juror decision-making: challenges and recommendations 189 LEE JOHN CURLEY AND NICOLA PEDDIE Index 207