Juwon Adebayo, senior staff attorney with the AAJ Exchange, reviewed Professor Suja Thomas' book The Missing American Jury in the May issue of Trial magazine. She writes:

"Thomas dismisses typical arguments against juries - such as increased costs and inefficiency - not by denying these shortcomings, but by arguing that juries are essential to our democracy despite these deficiencies. Juries, she argues, reflect the founders' intention to keep certain safeguards with the people and to provide avenues for diversity, deliberation, and consensus. 

"In analyzing their decline, Thomas points to tort 'reform' and corporate lobbying, both of which have sought to reduce juries' legitimacy by characterizing jurors as biased or unable to understand complicated issues."

Full review via Trial magazine