摘要：Korea introd uced civil participation in criminal trials (jury trials) for the first time in the nation ' s history on January 1, 2008. 1 The Korean jury system incorporates elements of both the U.S. - style system and the German lay assessor system 2 to assess the actual ex perience of citizen participation in trials during the initial five year experimental phase. 3 The new jury system , even if in a very limited scope, is expected to bring about fundamental changes in judicial decision - making in Korea, which has traditionallybeen managed only by professional judges.The jury trial in Korea will also changethe way criminal trial proceedings are conducted in general.It is also expected to create more sophisticated evidentiary rules forcriminal trials.
