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

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	2.68 MB	1.44 MB	1.34 MB
01 - Ch 1 - The Right of Juries to Judge the Justice of Laws	40 MB	21 MB	20 MB
02 - Ch 2 - Part 1 - Trial by Jury Defined by Magna Carta	49 MB	26 MB	25 MB
03 - Ch 2 - Part 2 - Language of Magna Carta	45 MB	24 MB	23 MB
04 - Ch 3 - Part 1 - Additionnal Proofs of the Rights and Duties of Jurors	38 MB	20 MB	19 MB
05 - Ch 3 - Part 2 - Ancient Common Law Juries were Mere Courts of Conscience	22 MB	12 MB	11 MB
06 - Ch 3 - Part 3 - Ancient Common Law Juries were Mere Courts of Conscience	40 MB	22 MB	20 MB
07 - Ch 3 - Part 4 - Oaths of Jurors	28 MB	15 MB	14 MB
08 - Ch 3 - Part 5 - Right of Jurors to fix the Sentence	31 MB	16 MB	15 MB
09 - Ch 3 - Part 6 - The Coronation Oath	24 MB	13 MB	12 MB
10 - Ch 4 - The Rights and Duties of Juries in Civil Suits	36 MB	19 MB	18 MB
11 - Ch 5 - Part 1 - Objections Answered	25 MB	13 MB	12 MB
12 - Ch 5 - Part 2 - Objections Answered	23 MB	13 MB	12 MB
13 - Ch 6 - Juries of the Present Day Illegal	40 MB	22 MB	20 MB
14 - Ch 7 - Part 1 - Illegal Judges	24 MB	13 MB	12 MB
15 - Ch 7 - Part 2 - Illegal Judges	31 MB	16 MB	15 MB
16 - Ch 8 - Free Administration of Justice	14 MB	7.45 MB	6.91 MB
17 - Ch 9 - The Criminal Intent	29 MB	16 MB	15 MB
18 - Ch 10 - Moral Considerations for Jurors	6.57 MB	3.49 MB	3.29 MB
19 - Ch 11 - Authority of Magna Carta	38 MB	20 MB	19 MB
20 - Ch 12 - Limitations Imposed Upon the Majority by the Trial by Jury	38 MB	20 MB	19 MB
21 - Appendix	8.48 MB	4.54 MB	4.24 MB

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