Law of New Ingrea
The law of New Ingrea has it's foundations in the system of Ingerish common law.
History
Reception of Ingerish law
Legal traditions
Common law
Juries
New Ingrea remains a staunch defender of the traditional jury system, where other jurisdictions have amended their laws to sideline juries or remove them altogether. Juries remain in use for both civil and criminal matters, where they are convened to render an impartial verdict (a finding of fact on a question) officially submitted to them by a court. Today, there are three types of jury in use: trial juries, which are the most common form of jury in use; grand juries, which unlike many jurisdictions outside of the Federal States, they may still be called upon as an alternative to committal hearings; and in very rare cases, coroner's jury, which may be called by a coroner to assist in determining the circumstances leading to an ambiguous or suspicious death or in cases involving a non-fatal fire[1].
The regulation of New Ingrea's jury system is contained within the Jury Act[2]. Under the provisions of the act, jurors must be a New Ingrea subjects who are at least 21 years old; are of sound mind; and are a person of integrity, good character, and reputation[3]. In addition, the financial qualifications to serve as a juror are defined as being either person with or a clear real or personal estate of the value of at least £1,000, or have a clear yearly income of at least £100 a year arising out real estate or personal investments[4]. Depending on the jury and the matter being heard, the size of the jury may vary in size. Generally civil trial and coroner's juries will consist of six jurors, with an additional four jurors empanelled to serve as a reserve to any primary juror falling ill or being otherwise unable to fulfil his duties. Criminal trial juries consist of 12 (with three or more in reserve), while grand juries consist of 16 jurors (also with three or more reserves).
Jury tampering, that is an attempt to unduly influence the composition and/or decisions of a jury, is a serious criminal offence. Under the provisions of the New Ingrean Criminal Code, a person convicted of jury tampering is liable for a punishment of £500 and/or 14 years imprisonment[5].
Statute law
Statutory framework
Types of statute law
Citation style
Judicial system
See also
- Constitution of New Ingrea
- Corporal punishment in New Ingrea
- Capital punishment in New Ingrea
- Policing in New Ingrea
- Parliament of New Ingrea
