• List of Tables and Figures


• Acknowledgements


• 1.: Freedom in Our Hands


• 2.: Between State and Society


• 3.: From Jury Box to Ballot Box


• 4.: Answering the Summons


• 5.: Citizen Judges


• 6.: From Courthouse to Community


• 7.: Civic Attitude Adjustment


• 8.: Securing the Jury


• 9.: Political Society and Deliberative Democracy


• Further Reading


• Methodological Appendix


• Endnotes


• References


• Index


• About the Authors

Gastil Professor of Communication and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, University of Washington; Deess Director of Institutional Research, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Weiser Professor of Law, University of Colorado; Simmons Lecturer in Communication, University of Washington (J.D. and former UPI political reporter)

Serving on a jury is a powerful experience. The Jury and Democracy is a ground-breaking study that shows how the process of deliberating and reaching a verdict transforms the lives of ordinary citizens. People who serve on juries are more active in civic life and vote more, and the authors examine a number of reasons why this is so. In an era when involved Americans are searching for ways to inspire their fellow citizenry, this book offers a plausible andrealistic path for turning passive spectators into active political participants.