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This may well be the case, as most police requests do. However, you're probably aware that these requests are somewhat-automatically approved by judges who have
by southerntofu 5y ago
This may well be the case, as most police requests do. However, you're probably aware that these requests are somewhat-automatically approved by judges who have no time to examine them all, want to stay cozy with law enforcement (have very friendly relationships with prosecutors, despite that being against the separation of powers), and are counting on hosts to protest illegal requests.
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago> these requests are somewhat-automatically approved by judges You said there was no judicial oversight. That is false. The claim that Swiss judges want to stay cozy with law enforcement requires a lot more support.
- southerntofu 5y agoTo me, being forced to compel with an order you had no chance to hear justification for, and/or had not chance to defend yourself against, is not "judicial oversight". It's an order signed by a judge alright, that doesn't make it "rule of law"-compliant. > The claim that Swiss judges want to stay cozy with law enforcement requires a lot more support. Unfortunately, there's very little serious studies of the corruption of the judicial system in the global north. There's massive scandals, but never wide anti-corruption schemes. You may be interested to read Michel Foucault's Discipline and Punish, which is a very serious examination of why "Justice is an independent power" is a gross misrepresentation at best.