Project Gutenberg 2010-06-27 Public domain in the USA. 218 Spooner, Lysander 1808 1887 An Essay on the Trial by Jury Produced by Susan Goble, Curtis Weyant, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "An Essay on the Trial by Jury" by Lysander Spooner is a legal and philosophical treatise written in the mid-19th century. The work explores the fundamental rights and responsibilities of juries, emphasizing their power to judge not only the facts of a case but also the justice of the laws themselves. Spooner argues that this right is essential to protect individual liberties from governmental oppression, framing the jury system as a bulwark against tyranny. At the start of the essay, Spooner establishes the historical context of the trial by jury, tracing its roots back to the Magna Carta and articulating how this mechanism is intended to empower the people's judgment over the government's authority. He insists that for a jury to function as a "palladium of liberty," it must be allowed to hold laws as invalid if deemed unjust or oppressive. Spooner warns against the dangers of a juror's ability to be influenced by governmental edicts and argues that the integrity of the jury is paramount to maintaining the freedoms of individuals against the actions of the state. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 48.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Jury -- United States Jury -- Great Britain K Text Category: History - British Category: Law & Criminology Category: Philosophy & Ethics 654595 2025-10-13T10:49:46.685991 text/html 660576 2021-01-06T19:40:40 text/html 303118 2025-10-13T10:49:57.456962 application/epub+zip 312876 2025-10-13T10:49:50.173004 application/epub+zip 300228 2025-10-13T10:49:48.755026 application/epub+zip 569102 2025-10-13T10:50:02.533421 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 534485 2025-10-13T10:49:56.459977 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 502889 2022-09-15T07:19:06.716210 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 591315 2025-10-13T10:49:45.548003 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 591008 2021-01-06T19:40:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 591096 2021-01-06T19:40:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20405 2025-10-13T10:50:02.669409 application/rdf+xml 12507 2025-10-13T10:49:49.293983 image/jpeg 3037 2025-10-13T10:49:49.021982 image/jpeg 200478 2021-01-06T19:40:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 213026 2021-01-06T19:40:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 200428 2021-01-06T19:40:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 290273 2025-10-13T10:49:46.731993 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia