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Revue internationale de droit pénal
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I.S.B.N.2-86586-990-3
638 pages

p. 121 à 157
doi: 10.3917/ridp.721.0121

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Vol. 72 2001/1-2

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England and Wales report

Michael Zander qc

Plan de l'article

• I. In what situations is there lay participation ?

• II. Composition of the court

• III. The role of the lay judges in the taking of evidence

• IV. Which factual and legal questions must the lay judges decide and how are they formulated ?

— Jury cases

— Magistrates’ courts

• V. Deliberation and deciding questions of fact, law and guilt

• VI. The decision

— The jury’s verdict

— The magistrates’ decision

• VII. The appeal

— No appeal against an acquittal

— Statutory grounds of appeal

— Court of Appeal’s approach to appeals on the ground that the jury got it wrong

— Jury nullification as a ground of appeal

— Fresh evidence

— Retrials

— Harmless error

— How many appeals ?

• VIII. Circumventing the jurisdiction of the lay court

— Plea bargaining

• IX. Who are the lay judges and how are they selected ?

— The Jury

— Those ineligible, disqualified or excused

— Jury selection

— Participation of the parties in the selection of the jury

— Financial compensation for jurors

— Who serves on juries ?

• X. A brief history of lay participation in the criminal trial

— The jury :

• XI. Empirical studies of the effectiveness of lay participation in the country

• Summary of results

— The Crown Court Study

• XII. Criticism of lay participation

• XIII. Reform proposals

— The issues currently under discussion are :

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