Law in Context

The Adversarial System - Snapshot

Emeritus Professor Stephen Bottomley and Emeritus Professor Stephen Parker AO

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The adversarial system of justice came from the English common law and spread. In this one minute snapshot, we contrast it with the inquisitorial system found in non-Anglo democracies.

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