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> https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/03/30/legal-systems-very-different-from-ours-because-i-just-made-them-up/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/03/30/legal-systems-

> https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/03/30/legal-systems-very-different-from-ours-because-i-just-made-them-up/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/03/30/legal-systems-very-dif... > Finally the authorities handed down a change to the system: the plaintiff and defendant would agree on two lawyers to conduct the trial. Then the judge would flip a coin, and one of the two would be assigned at random to each party. This seems very interesting...I wonder what the game theoretic optimal strategy is and how the analysis would change if 1. the coin decides who picks first 2. the coin had a known bias and so on.

bombcar 4y ago
This is a variation on the "splitting cake" - one child cuts the cake, the other has first pick.
Drakim 4y ago
Here is how I'd game the system: I'd sue somebody (like a neighbor) for violating my rights in some way. Then I'd bring a really bad lawyer to court, and take a 50/50 chance on giving that lawyer to my opponent. If I end up with the bad lawyer, I lose the case, and move onto my next victim.
- notahacker 4y ago
  If lawyers have different levels of skill with respect to defence and prosecution, picking a strong defence lawyer with weak ability to prosecute is a pretty sound bet If I get my lawyer, I get a great defence lawyer to get me off all charges. If the other side get my lawyer, a great defence lawyer is doing a pretty inept job of trying to prosecute me.