• 1. Jurisdiction and Composition of the Jury in Belgium
• II. Role of the lay judges in the taking of evidence
• III. The questions to the jury and its decision.
• IV. Deliberation and deciding questions of fact, law and guilt.
• V. The judgment
• VI. The appeal
• VII. Who are the lay judges and how are they selected ?
• VII. Short history of lay participation in the criminal trial.
• VIII. Studies of the effectiveness of jury decision-making and criticism in
scholarly writings and in the public sphere.
• VIII. Reform proposals.
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