RE: [dvd-discuss] New date for Jon's trial

[Mikael Pawlo <mikael(at)pawlo.com>]

On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, Richard Hartman wrote:
> Interesting, the concept of including lay assessors
> on the panel.  I assume that these are not true 
> laymen, as would be selected for a jury (the average
> man off the street) but would rather be people selected
> for their experience in the subject matter being 
> adjudicated? (i.e. technology)?

I am not sure how it works in Norway, but in Sweden they are elected for
four year terms by local representative councils. Most lay assessors are
re-elected for consecutive terms. All lay assessors are on duty for
some 10 days each year, hence the lay assessors gain experience. They
should, however, not be confused with the jury system. This is something
completely different. The Norweigan system should be something similar to 
this. Maybe some Norweigan subscriber to this list can fill in the
details?

Regards

Mikael

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