"Well-produced, informative video - An excellent purchase for civics, American history, and careers curriculums for school and for public libraries." School Library Journal

*Recommended by Booklist and the Pennsylvania Council for the Social Studies.

Combining courtroom scenes, archival footage, and interviews, this program provides a concise overview of U.S. jurisprudence. Eight segments:The History of Jury Trials, What Trial Juries Do, Who’s Who in the Courtroom, Qualifications for Jury Service, What Happens During a Trial, Alternatives to Jury Trials, The Grand Jury, and Pros and Cons of Jury Trials...introduce key topics, including the Constitutional guarantees to trial by jury, the process of jury selection, the jury’s role in criminal and civil cases, jury deliberation and the rendering of a verdict, and the future of juried trials.