Foundations of American Criminal Due Process at Trial

Introduction Chapter One: Procedural Norms for Criminal Trials in Roman Antiquity Chapter Two: The Formation of Procedural Protections in the Western Church of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages Chapter Three: Defensive Protections in the Western Church of the Ninth Century Chapter Four: Formulating Fair Trial Procedures in the Roman and Canon Law of the Late-Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries Chapter Five: Principles of Criminal Procedure in Inquisitorial Proceedings Chapter Six: Due Process Protections for the Accused in Early English Jury Trials Chapter Seven: Confronting Opposing Witnesses in Sixteenth Century England Chapter Eight: Requiring Confessions at Common Law to be Made Voluntarily Chapter Nine: Silence and Self-Incrimination in England before the Late Seventeenth Century Chapter Ten: Weaknesses of Defensive Safeguards in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Chapter Eleven: Popular Efforts to Bolster Due Process Protections at Criminal Trials in the Latter Seventeenth Century Chapter Twelve: The 1696 Treason Act's Recognition of Fair Procedures Chapter Thirteen: Colonial Esteem of Trial by Jury Chapter Fourteen: Colonial Fears of the Erosion of Right to Trial by Jury Chapter Fifteen: Reinforcing Jury-rights Epilogue: Reflections of the Foundations