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1. Review of the Criminal Courts of England and Wales, by the Rt Hon Lord Justice Auld, October 2001, ISBN 0-11-702547-X
2. For legal purposes Scotland is split into six regions called Sheriffdoms. Each Sheriffdom has a Sheriff Principal who in addition to hearing appeals in civil matters has responsibility for the conduct of the courts. Within these Sheriffdoms there are a total of forty-nine Sheriff Courts varying in size and design.
3. Source - www.statistics.gov.uk. Annual survey of wages and earnings ( ASHE)
4. See Juries & Verdicts 1994 and Firm and Fair, Improving the delivery of justice in Scotland, June 1994
5. See Does Jury Size Matter? A Review of the Literature, Nicole L. Waters Ph.D. August 2004 of the National Centre for State Courts, Virginia, USA.
6. See Second Report of the Thomson Committee on Criminal Procedure in Scotland (Cmnd. 6218 (1975), ch 51.
7. The full judgement may be found at www.scotcourts.gov.uk/opinions/xc392_03.html
8. Lord Osborne in Transco Plc v HMA, 2004 SLT 995, 2005 JC 44
9. Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 section 90(1)
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