ABSTRACT
Trials, though rare, ‘shape almost every aspect of procedure’, and the jury trial is a distinctive feature of civil litigation in the United States. The Seventh Amendment of the US Constitution ‘preserves’ the right to jury trial ‘[i]n suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars’. Even though this amendment does not apply to the states, courts in the states ‘honor the right to the extent it is created in their constitutions or local statutes’ …
Shipley, David E, The Right to Trial by Jury Shall Remain Inviolate: Jury Trials in Civil Actions in Georgia’s Courts (February 12, 2024), Journal of Southern Legal History, volume 30, 2024; University of Georgia School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming.
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