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In response to your second question, it's been said the American justice system is the worst possible justice system, with the exception of all of the world's o
by darkerside 8y ago
In response to your second question, it's been said the American justice system is the worst possible justice system, with the exception of all of the world's other justice systems.
I think the root problem is that the world is not fair and never will be. Justice (like health/immortality) is an ideal to be pursued, not a destination to be reached. The system we have is at least a somewhat reasonable approximation for fairness in that both sides have their points borne out by an invested party.
- sametmax 8y agoI don't know if anybody ever said that. And if somebody ever did, the person apparently haven't travelled much.
- hsienmaneja 8y agoWhich countries have superior judicial systems and why?
- alain94040 8y agoWell, for one there is the whole common law vs. civil law issue. Most people on HN would agree that a logical, consistent, codified legal system should be superior to an ad-hoc, bazaar-style system.
- sametmax 8y agoThe burden of proof is for op for making such a bold, generalized claim. Can op brove that the us system is superior to the one in canada, france, the uk or germany ? Good luck.
- citizenkeen 8y agohttps://richardlangworth.com/worst-form-of-government https://richardlangworth.com/worst-form-of-government
- sametmax 8y agoThat's my point, since it's not the original quote and "Democracy" is not a country.
- ska 8y ago"American justice system is the worst possible justice system, with the exception of all of the world's other justice systems" That's a reworking of a quote attributed to Winston Churchill : "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others". Not a sentiment typically attributed to the US justice system. As a justice system, the US is one of several with roots in English common law, and has its variant strengths and weaknesses compared to the others.