The coroner decides which witnesses to call and their designation. This chapter gives practical advice for the professional who is called as a witness of fact.

Chapter 5 focuses on judicial assistance for arbitration and the importance of a court’ oversight role. Courts have resources, such as coercive powers, that tribunals lack. These powers enable courts to enter orders and impose penalties on parties who fail to comply. Additionally, courts play an important oversight role to ensure that arbitration adheres to minimum standards of fairness and due process. The chapter discusses the various ways that parties may seek court assistance, including asking the court to enforce an agreement to arbitrate, compel arbitration or rule on jurisdictional issues. Courts can also provide emergency relief such as orders to maintain the status quo, attach assets, or secure costs to preserve the effectiveness of the arbitration process. Although the extent of judicial review varies among jurisdictions, in most jurisdictions, courts and tribunals have concurrent jurisdiction to grant interim measures. in general, parties may seek provisional measures from a court before the tribunal is constituted, but once the tribunal is in place, they may need the tribunal’s authorization to seek court relief, or may only seek court relief in exceptional cases.

Glanvill is the supposed author of this treatise on the laws and customs of England, a work that was a twelfth-century precursor to the legal compendium of Bracton, composed in the thirteenth century. Glanvill introduces the concept of law and justice and explains the different Latin legal terms, many drawn from contemporary French, in use at the time and the different legal procedures that had developed since the Conquest.

How does a group of strangers, many of whom are initially unhappy about serving as jurors, become a jury that works together as a group to reach a unanimous verdict based on the evidence that was presented to them during the trial and who leave their experience satisfied with the job they have done and with the jury system? The answer lies in the jury process and the way in which it transforms citizens into jurors. The various stages of the jury process, including the summons, voir dire, instructions, and deliberations, help citizens to step into their role as jurors. The final stage, the post-verdict interview with the judge, helps jurors to leave their role as jurors behind and to resume their lives as private citizens who will serve as emissaries for the jury. Although the jury process carries out this transformation of citizens into jurors reasonably well, there is still room for improvement. Each of the stages of the jury process can be improved upon by looking at the process as a whole rather than each stage in isolation, and by ensuring that any reforms further the transformation of citizens into jurors.