In this video – part of the Cambridge Law Faculty’s Law in Focus series – Professor John Spencer discusses difficulties relating to the system of trial by jury and suggests ways in which the delivery of justice might be improved. Professor Spencer’s talk was prompted by the discharge of the jury in the Vicky Pryce case, on which see this post.
Mark Elliott
Public Law for Everyone is written by Mark Elliott. Mark is Professor of Public Law and Chair of the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge. He also served, from 2015 to 2019, as Legal Adviser to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution. Mark can be found on Twitter as @ProfMarkElliott. Many of his research papers can be downloaded via his SSRN author page. Views set out on this blog are expressed in a purely personal capacity.
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