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individual & court system
Title: individual & court system
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics
Details: Words: 1095 | Pages: 4.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
individual & court system
‘Juries have had their day. Justice is too important to be left in the hands of 12 amateurs who would rather be elsewhere and lack judgement and expertise.’
The theory behind the use of juries in the justice system is that a group of randomly chosen citizens will represent the will of the entire community. Therefore, theoretically at least, the community as a whole controls the justice system. However, there is argument in favour of replacing …showed first 75 words of 1095 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1095 total…legal system would be a better option. Although juries have some flaws, most notably their lack of knowledge of the legal system, they have enormous benefits in that they represent the people, and the legal system exists to protect the people. Jurors may not have a deep, detailed knowledge of the legal system, but neither does the common person, and so juries usually do reflect the opinions, values and views of the wider community. Bibliography
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