• Introduction
• I. & II. Jurisdiction and Composition of the Lay Assessor Courts
• III. 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 ?
• V. Deliberation and Deciding Questions of Fact, Law and Guilt
• VI. The Judgment
• VII. The Appeal
• VIII. Circumventing the Jurisdiction of the Lay Court
• IX. Who Are the Lay Judges and How Are They Selected ?
• X. Short History of Lay Participation in the Criminal Trial in Germany
• XI. Empirical, Sociological or Legal Studies of the Effectiveness of Lay
Participation in Germany
• XII. Criticism of Lay Participation in Scholarly Writings and the Public
Sphere