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Don’t forget they have essentially unlimited budget and you’re spending personal resources. Which they can of course confiscate and imprison you for a year bef
by cplusplusfellow 3y ago
Don’t forget they have essentially unlimited budget and you’re spending personal resources. Which they can of course confiscate and imprison you for a year before trial unless you’re wealthy and can afford bail.
- blagie 3y agoI think this is a central issue. The justice system should work as follows: Any money that either side spends on legal resources, 50% goes to your lawyer and 50% to opposing counsel. You can spend $1,000,000, or go pro se, but the other side gets the same resources. Another way to make this work is to cap expenses for both sides (I believe Germany does this for many types of cases). The deeper issue is that there have been no serious efforts at reform. The system basically needs to be re-invented from the ground up. A lot of disputes which should not be adversarial (such as family law) are made into such, and there are misaligned incentives all over the place.