Book Reception: Juries, Lay Judges, and Mixed Courts: A Global Perspective 

Join the American Bar Foundation as we celebrate Juries, Lay Judges, and Mixed Courts: A Global Perspective, published by Cambridge University Press and co-edited by Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovic, Shari Seidman Diamond, Valerie Hans, and Nancy S. Marder.

Although most countries around the world use professional judges, they also rely on lay citizens, untrained in the law, to decide criminal cases.This book considers why some countries give ordinary citizens a decision-making role and explores how their inclusion helps to incorporate community perspectives and provide greater legitimacy for the legal system and its verdicts.