Miscellaneous

Sound Familiar?

By Anne Skove, Esq.

"Merchants and industrial developers were stymied in their desire for a coherent doctrine of commercial laws because juries in different locations applied different norms. Furthermore, business leaders were concerned that their commercial agreements might be upset by the whim of a local jury."

--Hans & Vidmar, American Juries (describing the change in the early 1800s in Massachusetts law, by which the civil jury "lost its legal right to decide law.")

Full post as published by court-o-rama.org on February 20, 2008 (boomark / email).