The Fundamental Tensions the Trial Defines
The Fundamental Tensions the Trial Defines
This chapter, which describes how trials have always stood at the exact point of defining tensions within our public culture, argues that to understand the meaning of trial practices, it is important to identify the ideals that animate the institution and to see the finest of details of what takes place there. It also explains that the trial has occupied a central position during the formative era of legal order in the United States
Keywords: trials, public culture, trial practices, legal order, United States
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