Albert Dzur's Twelve Absent Men: Rebuilding the American Jury

[Levine, Peter L]

Dear Colleagues,

This is a great new article by Albert Dzur, relevant to our concerns:

http://bostonreview.net/us/albert-dzur-twelve-absent-men

Peter
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Peter Levine
Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship & Public Affairs
Director of CIRCLE: the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement
Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service
Tufts University
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[Erhardt Graeff]

Thanks for sharing! This paragraph is particularly great and relevant:

But the jury does more than enable representation and check bias. Participatory democratic institutions also perform a constructive—as distinct from representative—moral function: they force widespread sobriety about the real world of law and order. While there are other ways for political cultures to sober up—via social movements, civic associations and organizations, political parties and campaigns, charismatic public personalities—institutions such as the jury are necessary because of their staying power and because of their ability to challenge both official and lay attitudes regarding the law. This sobering quality of juries is particularly needed now.

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Erhardt Graeff :: erhardtgraeff.com :: @erhardt

MIT Center for Civic Media :: erh...@media.mit.edu

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