{"id":5013,"date":"2021-01-14T11:46:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T14:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cejamericas.org\/?p=5013"},"modified":"2025-12-05T17:10:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T17:10:50","slug":"interview-with-leonel-gonzalez-when-the-people-participate-in-a-trial-as-members-of-the-jury-their-negative-perception-of-justice-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cejamericas.org\/en\/2021\/01\/14\/interview-with-leonel-gonzalez-when-the-people-participate-in-a-trial-as-members-of-the-jury-their-negative-perception-of-justice-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Leonel Gonz\u00e1lez: \u201cWhen the people participate in a trial as members of the jury, their negative perception of justice changes.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>In a conversation with Chaco TV Digital, JSCA\u2019s Training Director noted the impact that the passage of the province\u2019s law allowing trial by jury in civil matters will have on Argentina and Latin America.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The passage of the law allowing trial by jury for civil matters&nbsp; in Argentina\u2019s El Chaco province beginning this year* has generated a great deal of interest due to its impact on justice administration in the region, the country and the rest of Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During an interview on the Chaco TV program \u201cPunto de Partida\u201d (Starting Point), the Training Director of the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA), attorney Leonel Gonz\u00e1lez, highlighted the positive consequences that the new legislation will have for resolving disputes, which is being observed by the rest of the countries in Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBy passing the trial by jury law for civil matters, Chaco province has become a point of reference for the rest of Latin America. It is a very important step forward that JSCA will be observing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his Chaco TV interview, Gonz\u00e1lez also noted the effect that it has on the perception of justice among those who seek to resolve their disputes -which is generally negative- given that they will now be the ones who will reach a verdict.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen the people participate in a trial as members of the jury, their negative perception of justice changes, and litigants must do more and better work in terms of presenting the cases,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chaco Province -whose capital is the city of Resistencia, home to nearly 400,000 people- has 24 departments and 70 municipalities and a population of over one million. Its judiciary is comprised of the Superior Court (with five members), the Chambers, the first instance courts, peace and misdemeanors courts, the prosecution service and the public defender\u2019s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>History<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2015, during JSCA\u2019s International Seminar on Civil Justice Reforms in Vi\u00f1a del Mar, Chile, Leonel Gonz\u00e1lez gave a lecture proposing the inclusion of discussions of the experience of trial by jury in civil matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two years later, in 2017, JSCA presented a document containing ten ideas about a civil justice reform model for Latin America. In the document, we mentioned that civil justice reformers should not shy away from innovation. To that end, we recommended that&nbsp; institutions that have received little attention in the region should be explored. These include the possibility that the parties may represent themselves, multidoor courthouses and trial by jury in civil and commercial matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Download the law: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justiciachaco.gov.ar\/juicioporjurados\/archivos\/ley2364.pdf\">https:\/\/www.justiciachaco.gov.ar\/juicioporjurados\/archivos\/ley2364.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Watch the interview on our YouTube channel, <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lv37ZNg82VU\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CEJAoficial<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a conversation with Chaco TV Digital, JSCA\u2019s Training Director noted the impact that the passage of the province\u2019s law allowing trial by jury in civil matters will have on Argentina and Latin America. 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