Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-312) and index.
The scope of the Seventh Amendment guarantee -- The complexity exception -- Law versus fact -- Determining damages : the Seventh Amendment, the writ of inquiry, and punitive awards -- The jury of matrons -- The self-informing jury -- The English origins of the special jury -- Special juries in England : nineteenth-century usage and reform -- Special juries in the United States and modern jury formation procedures