美國憲法第七修正案

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《美利堅合眾国宪法》第七修正案(英語:Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution)簡稱「第七修正案」(Amendment VII),是美国权利法案的一部分,它规定了陪审团制度的权威性,於1791年12月15日生效。

内容[编辑]

In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

译文:在普通法的诉讼中,其争执价额超过二十美元,由陪审团审判的权利应受到保护。由陪审团裁决的事实,合众国的任何法院除非按照普通法规则,不得重新审查。

附註[编辑]

註:1800年時的二十美元,幣值相當於約2020年時的三百美元

註釋[编辑]

  • Baicker-McKee, Steven; William M. Janssen; and John B. Corr (2008) [1997]. A Student's Guide to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Thomson West.
  • Beeman, Richard (2009). Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution. Random House.
  • Labunski, Richard E. (2006). James Madison and the struggle for the Bill of Rights. Oxford University Press.
  • Levy, Leonard Williams (1995). Seasoned Judgments: The American Constitution, Rights, and History. Transaction Publishers.
  • Maier, Pauline (2010). Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787–1788. Simon and Schuster.
  • Wolfram, Charles W. (1973). "The Constitutional History of the Seventh Amendment", 57 Minnesota Law Review 639, 670-71.

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