' That the Jury System needs Reform '
Professor EDWARD JENKS and Mr. E. C. K. ENSOR
Trial by Jury is traditionally regarded as the keystone of the Englishman's liberty, second only to his home being his castle. But the system has defects. Sir Mackenzie Chalmers , in 1880, said it was the most expensive mode of trial possible : in civil actions jurymen can be and often are prejudiced, slow, swayed by irrelevances, and apt to award excessive damages when their feelings are aroused. In criminal cases they have been, and often are, chiefly instrumental in humanizing the criminal law. This unfinished debate should raise questions of general interest and provide some lively listening.