Source:John Gestll and Phill Welser,Yury Service as an Invitation to Cillzonshlp: Assessing the Civio Value of
Institutionalizod Deliberation." Legal Studies Research Paper Serles, October 4, 2006.
The role of jury service in promoting self-governance and civic participation
is hardly an accident.The framers of the United States Constitution viewed
jury service as a critically important feature of self-governance and enshrined
[guaranteed] the right to serve on juries in the Seventh Amendment.
Observers of the American jury system have remarked on its ability to elevate
ordinary citizens into self governors __ (J)ury service [has] a special role of
ensuring popular __ [oversight in] the judicial process. In theory, clections
play a similar role in ensuring "the people's ultimate control in the legislative
and executive branches" __
Document Analysis
1. According to the title of the source, what does jury service encourage?
2. According to the authors ,who benefits from jury service?
3. What do the authors believe is important about jury service?
4. Citizens can participate in the legislative and executive branches by exercising their right to vc
According to this document how can they participate in the judicial branch of government?
5. How can you use this document to argue for or against maintaining the jury system as an opti