The Grand Jury as an Agency of Social Control

Abstract

The discussion should have centered around the anachronistic methods and procedures of the national life. It should also have considered the inadequate training of lawyer-judges for the tasks they regularly undertake. Modern times require modern techniques, as well as an understanding of scientific methods. This is one of the most important problems we now face after the war. The necessity for highly trained, expertly qualified individuals to function in an orderly, systematic way as fact finding boards of review and administrative tribunals is fundamental. We cannot safely afford much longer to ignore this necessity.