Punishment, participatory democracy, and the jury

Abstract

Acknowledgments 1. Three Puzzles about Crime, Punishment, and the Death of the American Jury 2. The Myth of Penal Populism 3. Participatory Democracy and Rational Disorganization 4. The Jury as a Civic Schoolhouse 5. Democracy in the Court: Lay Contributions to Justice 6. Juries, Juries, Everywhere (But Not Inside the Courts) 7. Reviving the Jury: Active Juries, Juror Activism, and Institutional Change 8. Public Justice vs. the Penal State Bibliography Index