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"Evan Whitton wrote that Australia and other British colonies (India, Canada, NZ, US) inherited a legal system, not a justice system. It is an adversarial syste
by iamshs 6y ago
"Evan Whitton wrote that Australia and other British colonies (India, Canada, NZ, US) inherited a legal system, not a justice system. It is an adversarial system constructed by casuist lawyers. Europe (and Japan) has an inquisitorial system which seeks the truth first."
https://twitter.com/QuentinDempster/status/1247662251210760193 https://twitter.com/QuentinDempster/status/12476622512107601...
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/06/americas-english-style-legal-system-evolved-to-conceal-truth-not-reveal-it/258417/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/06/am...
https://independentaustralia.net/life/life-display/our-corrupt-legal-system-only-benefits-lawyers-and-rich-criminals,3821 https://independentaustralia.net/life/life-display/our-corru...