5/28/2023 0 Comments Mossflower by brian jacques![]() ![]() In France, and other countries which observe Roman Law, the task of the court in a criminal case is to arrive at the truth, as far as it can be perceived by human eyes, and the business of establishing the outlines of the truth falls not on a jury, which is strictly asked to enter a judgement, but upon a juge d’instruction. Trials are conflicts and verdicts are decisions the two sides ‘win’ or ‘lose’. In England (and America), the task of the court in criminal cases, which it devolves upon a jury, is to arrive at a verdict of ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’ on the evidence presented by prosecuting and defending counsel in turns. The most useful, to my mind, is that of the difference between the English and French judicial systems. ![]() But there can be suggestions and useful analogies. “There cannot be any hard and fast rules. ![]()
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