December 15 , 1791 (The Charter of Freedoms , n .d . Thenceforth , the Sixth and Seventh Amendments in their present form officially became part of the constitution of the land . Both of these amendments will be discussed in length later in this . During the later part of the twentieth century , several developments worked together to weaken the jury trial . One of the reasons was the increasing tendency of the parties , especially in civil cases , to resort to mediation and arbitration in resolving...











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