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

p. 415 à 450
doi: 10.3917/ridp.721.0415

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Vol. 72 2001/1-2

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Questions of fact and law in Russian jury trials : the practice of the cassational courts under the jury laws of 1864 and 1993

Stephen C. thaman

Plan de l'article

• I. Introductory Musings

• II. The General Structure of the Question Lists

• III. What does the Jury’s Finding of Guilt Actually Entail ?

— A. How does the jury determine "guilt" of the criminal acts found to be proved ?

— B. How Should Questions as to Excuses, Justification or Mitigating Circumstances be Phrased ?

• III. Mental State and Aggravating Circumstances : Questions of Law or Fact ?

— a. The Dispute as to Separation of Questions of Law and Fact

— b. Treatment of Aggravating Circumstances in Modern Russian Jurisprudence

— c. Treatment of mens rea in Russian Question Lists

• VI. The Question of Jury Nullification

— a. The Nullification of Unpopular Laws

— b. Nullification Due to Social Attitudes Contrary to the Principles of the Criminal Law

— c. Sanction Nullification

— d. Nullification to Correct for Injustices in the Administration of Criminal Justice

— e. Reasons for Nullification Unrelated to the Facts of the Case

• VI. An Assessment of the Jurisprudence of the Cassational Panel of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation

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