Popular Sovereignty and the Jury Trial
Keywords:
Law, philosophy, political theory, jury, trial, sovereignty, Derecho, filosofía, teoría política, jurado, juicio, soberaníaAbstract
Descriptive and normative discussions of whether the jury trial is or should be a political institution are complicated by the systematic ambiguity of the most important terms in this discussion. One influential perspective understands a political actor as "he would decide on the exception." This seems to fit the jury insofar as it may nullify the written law in its decisions. It turns out, however, that the jury's actual practices demonstrate that the usual notion of sovereignty is far too narrow.
Las discusiones descriptivas y normativas de si el juicio por jurado es o debe ser una institución política son complicadas por la ambigüedad sistemática de los términos más importantes de esta discusión. Una perspectiva influyente entiende que un actor político tomaría una decisión sobre la excepción”. Esto parece encajar en el jurado en la medida en que puede anular en sus decisiones la ley escrita. Resulta, sin embargo, que las prácticas reales del jurado demuestran que la noción habitual de soberanía es demasiado estrecha.
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