Adversarial Justice: America's Court System on Trial
- ISBN-10
- 0875865275
- ISBN-13
- 9780875865270
- Category
- Adversary system (Law)
- Pages
- 210
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Algora Publishing
- Author
- Theodore L. Kubicek
Description
Our adversarial legal system is used to evade the truth and makes winning the paramount goal. Here, a law veteran proposes we shift to an inquisitorial system seeking the truth, and recommends changes to evidentiary rules that confuse law enforcement and juries alike.
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