Book contents
- ASCL Studies In Comparative Law
- Juries, Lay Judges, and Mixed Courts
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Editors
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Advances in Lay Participation
- 2 The Rise of the Jury in Argentina
- 3 Twelve Years of Mixed Tribunals in Argentina
- 4 Lay Participation in the Criminal Trial in Japan
- 5 The Korean Jury System
- 6 The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Spanish Jury
- Part II Enduring Systems of Lay Participation
- Part III Challenges to Lay Participation in Law
- Part IV Global Perspectives on Lay Participation
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- References
3 - Twelve Years of Mixed Tribunals in Argentina
from Part I - Advances in Lay Participation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 August 2021
Book contents
- ASCL Studies In Comparative Law
- Juries, Lay Judges, and Mixed Courts
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Editors
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Advances in Lay Participation
- 2 The Rise of the Jury in Argentina
- 3 Twelve Years of Mixed Tribunals in Argentina
- 4 Lay Participation in the Criminal Trial in Japan
- 5 The Korean Jury System
- 6 The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Spanish Jury
- Part II Enduring Systems of Lay Participation
- Part III Challenges to Lay Participation in Law
- Part IV Global Perspectives on Lay Participation
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- References
Summary
Now that Córdoba has had more than a decade of experience with lay participation in criminal trials, it offers the opportunity to analyze whether the institution of mixed tribunals has fulfilled the expectations held by those who promoted this innovation. This review of the Córdoba experience with mixed tribunals summarizes the main findings of a research program initiated in 2008. It is focused on three issues: the differences between jury and judge decisions and the actual levels of lay participation obtained when judges and juries sit and deliberate together; the tensions between the approaches of professional judges and the social demand for penal harshness associated with fear of crime; and the contribution of lay participation in the courts toward legitimizing the judiciary, a key issue in a society where trust in the justice system has been chronically low. Data sources are varied and include a set of 445 verdicts reached between 2005 and 2017, as well as interviews with judges, judicial clerks, lawyers, and jurors. Data from two public opinion surveys, conducted in 1993 and 2011, were also used to assess the effects of lay participation on the legitimacy of the judiciary.
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- Juries, Lay Judges, and Mixed CourtsA Global Perspective, pp. 47 - 68Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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