01:202:204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Jury Trial, Compurgation, Supremacy Clause
19 Oct 2017
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History and organization of courts: the us criminal court system is an adversarial process, outsiders have dif culty understanding what is happening in the court. Courts in history: the blood feud, courts in england, trial by compurgation, trial by ordeal, trial by battle. !1: the value of the oath was tied to the value of the oath-taker"s life. Development of the jury: the inquest can be considered to be the rst type of jury, grand jury, jury trial, magna carta, court of the star chamber. Magna carta: signed by king john in 1215. !2: limited the king"s power and recognized nobles" rights. Court of the star chamber: established to deal with offenses such as riots, unlawful assembly, perjury, criminal libel, and conspiracy, noted for its abuses, abolished in 1641. !3: the us supreme court established its power as the nal word on all cases and.
