Document Type
Comment
Abstract
Recognizing the continually increasing burden placed on the jury in complex litigation cases, the author undertakes an extensive study of the origins of jury trials in the United States and England. Various arguments in favor of eliminating jury trials in complex litigation are discussed, along with a possible constitutional method of limiting the scope of the seventh amendment guarantee. The author also studies the case of Ross v. Bernhardt where the Supreme Court outlined a seldom used three- pronged test to determine whether or not a jury trial is constitutionally appropriate. The comment concludes that the factors in favor of the jury trial outweigh any benefit which may be derived from its demise in complex litigation.
Recommended Citation
Georgiana G. Rodiger
Has the Right to a Jury Trial as Guaranteed under the Seventh Amendment Become Outdated in Complex Civil Litigation?,
8 Pepp. L. Rev.
Iss. 1
(1980)
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/plr/vol8/iss1/6
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