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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"peremptory challenges"”.
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Testing the Efficacy of Interventions to Decrease Racial Bias in Jury Selection
… legal restrictions, attorneys continue to use peremptory challenges to strike minorities from juries (Clark, Boccaccini, Caillouet, & Chaplin, 2007; Equal Justice Initiative, 2010; Gabbidon, Kowal, Jordan, Roberts, & Vincenzi, 2008). The current protection against racially motivated peremptory …
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Three Essays in Law and Economics: Consequences and Formation of Legal Rules in Other Markets
… first chapter examines the use and impact of peremptory challenges against judges in the California courts. Under California law, a judge cannot preside in a case when the judge is prejudiced against a party or attorneys who are involved in the case. A “peremptory” challenge does not require …
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Same action, different reaction? Exploring the impact of legal profession, defendant race, and prospective juror race on perceptions of juror excusals
… legislation (Bill C-75) abolished the use of peremptory challenges in Canada (Crown and defence attorneys can no longer remove prospective jurors from being considered for a jury without challenging for cause) while expanding judges’ powers to stand aside potential jurors, particularly in …
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Peremptory Excusal of Judges in New Mexico: Substantive Right, Procedural Right, Both, or Does it Matter?
… v. Arrieta, 2013-NMSC-041. The case involved the peremptory challenge to excuse a judge found at § 38-3-9, NMSA 1978. The Supreme Court announced that the right embodied in the statute was procedural in nature and therefore the Court could amend or abolish the right. The Court then proposed new …