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Lysander SpoonerEssay on the Trial by Jury (November 23, 2008)

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This is a LibriVox recording of an Essay on the Trial by Jury, by Lysander Spooner. Read by Bethanne.

FOR more than six hundred years that is, since Magna Carta, in 1215 there has been no clearer principle of English or American constitutional law, than that, in criminal cases, it is not only the right and duty of juries to judge what are the facts, what is the law, and what was the moral intent of the accused; but that it is also their right, and their primary and paramount duty, to judge of the justice of the law, and to hold all laws invalid, that are, in their opinion, unjust or oppressive, and all persons guiltless in violating, or resisting the execution of, such laws.

So begins Spooner’s epic on the jury, its origins and history. Spooner examines the history and powers of a jury, from the magna carta in King John’s time, to the practices in the 18th century. A classic work on law, Spooner argues that the decision of the jury is sovereign over the king’s law. (Summary by Bethanne)

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Artist/Composer: Lysander Spooner
Date: 2008-11-23
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; audiobook; trial; jury; law; essay; court; justice; legal procedure; jurors; judge;

Creative Commons license: Public Domain


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00 - Notes 2.7 MB
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01 - Ch 1 - The Right of Juries to Judge the Justice of Laws 39.6 MB
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02 - Ch 2 - Part 1 - Trial by Jury Defined by Magna Carta 49.1 MB
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03 - Ch 2 - Part 2 - Language of Magna Carta 45.1 MB
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04 - Ch 3 - Part 1 - Additionnal Proofs of the Rights and Duties of Jurors 38.0 MB
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05 - Ch 3 - Part 2 - Ancient Common Law Juries were Mere Courts of Conscience 21.5 MB
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06 - Ch 3 - Part 3 - Ancient Common Law Juries were Mere Courts of Conscience 40.3 MB
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07 - Ch 3 - Part 4 - Oaths of Jurors 27.6 MB
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08 - Ch 3 - Part 5 - Right of Jurors to fix the Sentence 30.7 MB
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09 - Ch 3 - Part 6 - The Coronation Oath 23.7 MB
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10 - Ch 4 - The Rights and Duties of Juries in Civil Suits 35.9 MB
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11 - Ch 5 - Part 1 - Objections Answered 24.7 MB
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12 - Ch 5 - Part 2 - Objections Answered 23.2 MB
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13 - Ch 6 - Juries of the Present Day Illegal 40.0 MB
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14 - Ch 7 - Part 1 - Illegal Judges 24.2 MB
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15 - Ch 7 - Part 2 - Illegal Judges 30.8 MB
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16 - Ch 8 - Free Administration of Justice 13.8 MB
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17 - Ch 9 - The Criminal Intent 29.1 MB
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18 - Ch 10 - Moral Considerations for Jurors 6.6 MB
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19 - Ch 11 - Authority of Magna Carta 37.6 MB
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20 - Ch 12 - Limitations Imposed Upon the Majority by the Trial by Jury 38.0 MB
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