EMPIRICAL-ASSESSMENT OF THE ESCABINATO JURY SYSTEM

There are two practical applications of the jury system: the jury of l ay people and the escabinato jury involving joint decision making by l egal experts and lay people. Research undertaken in this field has bee n almost exclusively centered on the former. This work consists of an empirical study of the role of legal suggest that the loss of a jury o f peers implies the dominance of the judge's opinion. The causes and c onsequences of this domination have been assessed.