The criminal jury at trial. The doctrinal opinions of French authors (1750-1830)

The English model of the criminal jury was admired in the Europe of the Enlightenment, especially in France. Enthusiastically adopted by the revolutionaries (1790-1791), it became the object of very strong criticism because of the flawed practice of the system in the years 1792-1800. The Thermidorie...

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Main Author: Soleil, Sylvain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
Subjects:
Criminal Jury
Doctrine
England
Enlightenment
French Revolution
Napoleon
Jury criminel
Doctrines
Angleterre
Lumières
Révolution française
Napoléon
Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=8084180
Source:Revista Brasileira de Direito Processual Penal, ISSN 2525-510X, Vol. 7, Nº. 2, 2021, pags. 763-800
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The criminal jury at trial. The doctrinal opinions of French authors (1750-1830)
Summary: The English model of the criminal jury was admired in the Europe of the Enlightenment, especially in France. Enthusiastically adopted by the revolutionaries (1790-1791), it became the object of very strong criticism because of the flawed practice of the system in the years 1792-1800. The Thermidoriens, then the members of the Directoire sought to rectify the operating of the double jury of accusation and judgment. In vain. A first doctrinal controversy erupted in the years 1798-1808, when Napoleon Bonaparte questioned whether the jury should be maintained or not. A second doctrinal controversy arose after the restoration of King Louis XVIII, in the years 1818-1828, when it was a question of rehabilitating the English jury as a symbol of balanced criminal justice, but also of going to England to observe how justice worked. 

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