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>the problem is that our civil litigation's "truth-finding procedure" is so vulnerable to financial influence Do you have any scientific research backing this?

• SilasX 10y ago
  The premise of this discussion is that the better funded side tends to get a better result (in a manner superlinear with respect to the funding). If you reject that premise, fine, but your comment belongs higher up, or as its own thread, not as a criticism of my specific point.
• EdHominem 10y ago
  Asking for scientific evidence that the sun will come up is almost like trolling. In an adversarial system your chances depend on the amount of valid legal process-effort you exert. If you acknowledge that this effort is correlated with financing, even a little, then you admit there is a vulnerability. A more reasonable question would be if they have a reason to assume that the variable has an oversized impact on the process.
  • ryanlol 10y ago
    >In an adversarial system your chances depend on the amount of valid legal process-effort you exert. If you acknowledge that this effort is correlated with financing, even a little, then you admit there is a vulnerability. This is a fair point, but the existence of such a vulnerability is unquestionable. However, SilasX seemed to be implying that this is a significant vulnerability, which is a claim that certainly deserves some evidence to back it up. >A more reasonable question would be if they have a reason to assume that the variable has an oversized impact on the process. That's exactly what I was asking about, SilasX specifically said "so vulnerable" as opposed to just "vulnerable". That seems to imply such an oversized impact.