The AAJJ has always maintained its strong commitment to the implementation of trial by jury in civil and commercial matters, as required by Section 24 of the Constitution.
Section 24. Congress shall promote the reform of the present legislation in all its branches, and the establishment of trial by jury
We are very clear that as long as Argentina remains mired in a written civil process by file, - even if it is digital - full oral proceedings in all courts will take much longer to become a reality. Thus, the presence of the jury in the civil court is today the only guarantee for oral proceedings and publicity to be seriously implemented in the country.
The lack of oral and public civil trials even affects the development of adversarial litigation in criminal courts, since 80% of the country's lawyers are dedicated to civil matters.
Universities lack incentives to teach and train law students in adversarial litigation techniques, since the practice in the courts is still 100% written. It is a vicious circle that is very difficult to break and requires bold and creative actions: one of them was to promote the civil jury.
Our efforts were finally crowned in December 2020, when Chaco enacted an exceptional civil jury law for the first time in the world outside of common law (global impact) y (see).
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| Andrés Harfuch and Alberto Binder (directors) |
To accompany this event, Editorial Ad-Hoc has just published the book directed by Alberto Binder and Andrés Harfuch, El jurado civil, which compiles some of the most important articles ever written in the world about civil jury trials.
The book will be a fundamental theoretical support for implementing civil oral proceedings with juries in the country, as well as being a jewel for researchers, students and legal academics.
The book is part of volume n° 12 of the prestigious Jury Trial and Citizen Participation Collection, also directed by Alberto Binder and Andrés Harfuch and which is today an essential reference in the world of Spanish-speaking juries.
The work features legendary articles by famous scholars who have decisively influenced the development of the civil jury in common law.
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| Paula Hannaford Agor, Paul Carrington, Harry Kalven Jr and Jacqueline Horan. |
They have been fully translated into Spanish and bear the signature of extremely prestigious authors such as Shari S. Diamond , Valerie P. Hans , Harry Kalven Jr. , the Australian professor Jacqueline Horan , Paul D. Carrington , Paula L. Hannaford , B. Michael Dann, G. Thomas Munsterman and Lewis Mayers.
Of particular note is the exceptional article dedicated to the analysis of the civil jury trial law of the province of Chaco, written by Shari S. Diamond and Valerie P. Hans , who even recorded a video to promote the work at its presentation.