![]() ![]() On the contrary, other countries often delegate the duty of finding the truth “inquisitorialism”, if you like – to the state. It’s almost as if there were two completely separate inquiries – one to prove the defendant guilty, and the other to prove him innocent. The Prosecution and the Defence are pitted against each other: this is supposed to ensure the fair functioning of the legal process. The English system is at its heart adversarial. ![]() But there is a great more to it than that. I always thought that the main difference between the UK and countries such as Poland France and Germany was that the UK follows the common law (case-led), and the other countries on the continent often follow constitutional law (statute-led). ![]() Instead, the book is a depiction of the functioning of the criminal justice system with a chapter each dedicated to the victim, the Prosecution (Crown Prosecution Service), the Defendant, the Magistrates Court, the Crown Court – you name it. When I picked up The Secret Barrister, I expected something similar to a diary – the anonymized trials and privations of a barrister working in court. ![]()
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