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Jun. 4, 2009
Americans Should Recommit to Service - Starting With Jury Duty
We would not find jury duty to be such an imposition if national service were a regular part of our lives, writes Lauren E. Willis.
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By Lauren E. Willis Each year I discuss with my civil procedure students the civil jury right, praised by Thomas Jefferson as "the only anchor, ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution," but also lambasted by Jerome Frank as assuring "uncertainty, capriciousness, lack of uniformity, disregard of former decisions - utter unpredictability." Does the cross-section of the community ...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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