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Frampton on the Origins of the Representative Jury Thomas Ward Frampton (University of Virginia School of Law) has posted The Radical Roots of the Representative Jury on the Yale Law Journal website. Here is the abstract: For most of American history, the jury was considered an elite institution, composed of “honest and intelligent men,” esteemed in their communities for their “integrity,” “reputation,” or “sound judgment.” As a result, jurors were overwhelmingly male, jurors were overwhelmingly white, and jurors disproportionately hailed from the middle and upper social classes. https://legaltheoryblog.com/2025/12/02/frampton-on-the-origins-of-the-representative-jury/