How prepared are you to take seriously the notion that 'we the people' are, in fact, sovereign? Discover the secret, and unused, power of jurors. 'Ask why; then nullify.'
- Norm Pattis

Chapter List

Facts, Law and Letting Juries Decide Cases
 
Individuals and Interests: The Raw Material of Justice
 
Federalism Is Passé: The State of Nature is Alive and Well
 
The Reality of Confl ict and the Necessity of Illusion
 
People Want to be Heard
 
Lawyers, Clients, and the “Vanishing Jury Trial”
 
Papering the Civil Justice System to Death
 
The Legitimizing Function of Jury Verdicts
 
Powerful Juries
 
Justice and High-Profile Trials
 
John Locke and Jury Duty
 
Where Locke Went Wrong: Tacit Consent is for Sissies
 
Pascal’s Wager and the Hope of Citizenship
 
Epilogue - A Fairy Tale for Our Time
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