A review of jury directions : issues paper / Queensland Law Reform Commission.

Brisbane : Queensland law Reform Commission, 2009.

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Jury instructions Queensland.

Jury Queensland.

Criminal law -- Trials -- Queensland.

1. Introduction

2. The role of juries

3. What are jury directions?

4. Specific directions

5. Appeals involving jury directions

6. Difficulties with jury directions

7. How juries apply directions

8. Improving jury directions

9. Assisting juries

Appendix A: Terms of reference - Jury directions

Appendix B: Terms of reference - Jury selection

Appendix C: Extracts from Queensland Statutes

Appendix D: Extracts from the Queensland Benchbook.

This Issues Paper is the first publication in the Queensland Law Reform Commission's enquiry into jury directions in criminal trials, which will culminate in its report to the Attorney-Genereal at the end on 2009. On 7 April 2008, the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister Assisting the Premier in Western Queensland, the Honourable Kerry Shine, referred to the Commission a review of the directions, warnings and summing up given by a judge to jurors in criminal trials in Queensland. The Terms of Reference are set out in full in Appendix A to this Paper. - Extract from paper.

"March 2009".

Includes bibliographic references.

9780724277609

1 online resource (vi, 268 pages) : digital, PDF