TY - JOUR
T1 - Adversarial vs inquisitorial legal systems : Rousseau, truth, justice and God
AU - Newlyn, David
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - All countries have a legal system of some sort. Whilst not the only nor necessarily the main legal systems in existence, the adversarial and the inquisitorial legal systems have operated across much of the Western world for centuries. Fundamentally, each of these systems, each has at their core the pursuit of truth and the delivery of justice for all. However, the mechanisms they use to achieve these exalted goals are substantially different. In the philosophical context of Rousseau's view of God is the source of ultimate justice, this article discusses how the adversarial and inquisitorial systems view truth and seek to establish justice in the modern world.
AB - All countries have a legal system of some sort. Whilst not the only nor necessarily the main legal systems in existence, the adversarial and the inquisitorial legal systems have operated across much of the Western world for centuries. Fundamentally, each of these systems, each has at their core the pursuit of truth and the delivery of justice for all. However, the mechanisms they use to achieve these exalted goals are substantially different. In the philosophical context of Rousseau's view of God is the source of ultimate justice, this article discusses how the adversarial and inquisitorial systems view truth and seek to establish justice in the modern world.
KW - law
KW - judicial process
KW - philosophy
KW - God
UR - http://handle.westernsydney.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:49173
UR - http://www.impactjournals.us/journals/international-journals/international-journal-of-research-in-applied-natural-and-social-sciences
M3 - Article
SN - 2347-4580
VL - 6
SP - 165
EP - 174
JO - IMPACT: International Journal of Research in Applied, Natural and Social Sciences
JF - IMPACT: International Journal of Research in Applied, Natural and Social Sciences
IS - 5
ER -