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What makes the legal system just?
Comment posted by santaClara
01 Feb 2010
hmmm .... Sally Clarke was a solicitor ... but it did not help her in the slightest. I guess we have reached a dead end. Read more : What makes the legal system just?
What makes the legal system just?
Comment posted by dave p
26 Jan 2010
Re elected legislatures, juries etc, my case is merely that to me they're not essential: they may deliver a just system and just verdicts, but so might alternatives. And like the alternatives... Read more : What makes the legal system just?
What makes the legal system just?
Comment posted by Ken Natton
26 Jan 2010
Well I confess dave p that your post is not quite the response I had expected. I think the point I was making was on a slightly different tack. But since you raise some significant points, let me... Read more : What makes the legal system just?
What makes the legal system just?
Comment posted by dave p
25 Jan 2010
What makes the legal system just?
Comment posted by Ken Natton
24 Jan 2010
I do find a degree of complacency in the view points expressed by the participants in the discussion to which this thread links. Understand, I do accept and agree with the things they identify as... Read more : What makes the legal system just?
What makes the legal system just?
Comment posted by santaClara
30 Dec 2009
However ... I cannot let the case of Sally Clarke go unmentioned in any self-satisfied discussion of English justice (not). In this barbaric case, the prosecution could not even prove that a crime... Read more : What makes the legal system just?
What makes the legal system just?
Comment posted by santaClara
30 Dec 2009
hmm ... a bit close to the bone it would seem ! There is plenty more where this came from; but who needs to talk to oneself? Read more : What makes the legal system just?
What makes the legal system just?
Comment posted by santaClara
29 Dec 2009
Having spent most of my adult life in Canada, I find it very curious how underlying national cultural conditions affect what is considered "just". However, one particular similarity between Canadian... Read more : What makes the legal system just?
What makes the legal system just?
Comment posted by santaClara
29 Dec 2009
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What makes a good barrister?
Comment posted by MATHIEU CORREA DE SA
06 Oct 2009
MATHIEU CORREA DE SA has started a thread discussing What makes a good barrister?. Read more : What makes a good barrister?