@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt9qggx3.8, ISBN = {9780814713198}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt9qggx3.8}, abstract = {The jury system was both an ancient and a central feature of the common law heritage. Indeed, it is not too much to say that within the common law world, the jury is one of the institutions most closely associated with the development of civilized society.Scholars debate whether the jury system was brought to England by William the Conqueror in 1066 or whether it previously existed in some form in England.¹ Either way, before trial by jury, disputes in England were resolved by trial by ordeal, trial by battle, or a process called “wager of law,” where a litigant}, bookauthor = {Carl T. Bogus}, booktitle = {Why Lawsuits are Good for America: Disciplined Democracy, Big Business, and the Common Law}, pages = {66--101}, publisher = {NYU Press}, title = {Disciplined Democracy and the American Jury}, year = {2001} }