19th Century · English
An Essay on the Trial by Jury
An Essay on the Trial by Jury, by Lysander Spooner (1808–1887), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.
Chapters
- 01An Essay on the Trial by Jury (1)prose
- 02Notice to English Publishers.↩, Section I.↩prose
- 03Section Ii.↩prose
- 04Section I.: The History of Magna Carta.↩prose
- 05Section II.: The Language of Magna Carta.↩prose
- 06Chapter III.: Additional Proofs of the Rights and Duties of Jurors.↩prose
- 07Section I.: Weakness of the Regal Authority.↩prose
- 08Section II.: The Ancient Common Law Juries were mere Courts of Conscience.↩prose
- 09Section III.: The Oaths of Jurors.↩prose
- 10Section IV.: The Right of Juries to fix the Sentence.↩prose
- 11Section V.: The Oaths of Judges.↩prose
- 12Section Vi.↩, The Coronation Oath.↩prose
- 13Section Vi.↩, An Essay on the Trial by Juryprose
- 14Section Vi.↩, An Essay on the Trial by Jury (2)prose
- 15Section Vi.↩, An Essay on the Trial by Jury (3)prose
- 16Section Vi.↩, An Essay on the Trial by Jury (4)prose
- 17Section Vi.↩, An Essay on the Trial by Jury (5)prose
- 18Section Vi.↩, An Essay on the Trial by Jury (6)prose
- 19Section Vi.↩, An Essay on the Trial by Jury (7)prose
- 20Section Vi.↩, An Essay on the Trial by Jury (8)prose
- 21Section Vi.↩, An Essay on the Trial by Jury (9)prose
- 22Appendix.↩, Taxation.↩prose
- 23Taxation.↩, An Essay on the Trial by Juryprose
In the atlas
fully mappedFigures85
William Blackstone · Edward I · King John · David Hume · Edward the Confessor · Henry II · Mackintosh · Alfred · Crabbe · Hallam
Ideas63
Trial by Jury · Common Law · Common Law / Law of the Land · Fines and Amercements · Juror's Oath · Justice · Law of Nature · Property Qualification for Jurors · law of the land · Age of Discretion
Places42
England · Germany · Scotland · United States · Westminster · Massachusetts · Middlesex · Wales · Alabama · Arkansas
Groups66
The Jury · Government · House of Commons · Jurors · Saxons · Barons of England · Freeholders · Judges · Parliament · Sheriffs
Events11
Confirmations of Magna Carta · 1253 excommunication ceremony · Appeal and New Trial · Impeachment and Trial of the Earl of Macclesfield · Legendary One-Day Queen's Usurpation · Norman Conquest · Sealing of Magna Carta · Trial and Execution of Charles the First · Trial and Sentencing of Lord Bacon · Trial and Sentencing of the 1388 Treason Case
Objects22
Magna Carta · Mirror of Justices · Charter of the Forest · Constitution of the United States · Act of Congress on United States Jurors · Acts of Henry VIII on Jury Panels · Amagi · American State Constitutions and Bills of Rights · Blackstone's Commentaries · Book
231 citations · 147 themes · 630 entity mentions — every one anchored to a verbatim passage. The atlas.