Juries and the Transformation of Criminal Justice in France in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Contents

contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 chapter one the “palladium of liberty” Juries, the Revolution, and Napoleon, 1791–1814 23 chapter two the “jurys censitaires,” 1815–1848 49 chapter three the great turning point The Juries of the Second Republic and Second Empire, 1848–1870 87 chapter four the juries of the republic, 1870–1914 111 chapter five the campaign against the juries, circa 1890–1914 141 chapter six the triumph of experts over jurors Justice in France since World War I 158 Conclusion 177 Notes 185 Bibliography 237 Index 247 This page intentionally left blank tables 2.1 Convictions and Acquittals in the Cours d’Assises, by Period 58 2.2 Convictions and Acquittals in the Tribunaux Correctionnels, by Period 60 2.3 Punishments of People Convicted in the Cours d’Assises, by Period 64 2.4 Convictions and Acquittals in the Cours d’Assises for Theft, Assault of a Non-Parent, and Manslaughter, by Period 73 2.5 Convictions and Acquittals in the Cours d’Assises for Unpremeditated Murder and Premeditated Murder, by Period 74 2.6 Number of People Tried in the Cours d’Assises, Total and Annual Average, by Period 86 3.1 Convictions and Acquittals in the Cours d’Assises of Recidivists and Nonrecidivists, by Period 99 3.2 Convictions and Acquittals in the Cours d’Assises of All People and Nonrecidivists for Theft and Violent Crimes, by Period 102 4.1 Convictions and Acquittals in the Cours d’Assises, by Gender and Period 128 5.1 Number of All Criminal Defendants Tried by the Cours d’Assises and Tribunaux Correctionnels, by Period 144 This page intentionally left blank ...