Book Review: Juries, Lay Judges, and Mixed Courts

Abstract

This book, Juries, Lay Judges, and Mixed Courts, is an edited anthology of articles describing the historical development of various models of citizen participation in adjudicative processes in a variety of countries. They include Argentina, Japan, South Korea, Spain, England/Wales, Germany, Canada, Norway, France, Belgium, Russia, and Georgia. Some reference experimentation with varying ratios of law and lay judges and how public opinion affected political decisions on how to structure civic participation.