《美利堅合眾国宪法》第七修正案()簡稱「第七修正案」(),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
: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
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
- 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.
外部連結
- [http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/browse.html Kilman, Johnny and George Costello (Eds). (2000). The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation.]
- [https://www.law.cornell.edu/anncon/html/amdt7toc_user.html CRS Annotated Constitution: Seventh Amendment]
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