• 1. A Culture of Co-operation Between Experts and Laypersons
• 2. Reception and Briefing in the Judge’s Chambers
• 3. “Like Bodyguards of the Judge” – Are They Forced to Be Silent During
the Hearing ?
• 4. About Breaks, Coffee with the Judge, Bargaining in the Corridor and Fait accompli
• 5. Behind Closed Doors : The Deliberation between Lay Assessors and Professional Judge
• 6. Why Is There So Few Formal Voting ?
• 7 Co-operation after Conflict and the Frequency the Professional Judge is
Outvoted
• 8 Standard and other Types of Mixed Courts
• 9 Interpersonal Fairness and a Sense of Justice Being Done
• 10 The Presiding Judges‘ Fairness and the Lay Assessors‘ View of the Cooperation
• 11. The Presiding Judges‘ Fairness as a Precondition for the Lay
Assessors‘ Influence
• 12. Some Conclusions
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