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Lay Magistrates In the English Legal System, most of the criminal cases are tried in magistrates' courts and they are usually attended by about 30,000 of unpaid part-time judges which called the lay magistrates. In this essay, I set out the nature of the part-time magistrates and evaluate the effectiveness of them. The lay magistrates are also called the Justices of the Peace. According to the Justices of the Peace Act 1979, they are appointed by the Lord Chancellor on the recommendation of local committees. They must live in or within 15 miles of the commission area. The word "lay" means that they are not legal professionals and have no formal legal training or education. But they are an important element in the legal system because they hear 97% of the criminal cases and decide who is guilty or innocent to a criminal offence. According to the Criminal Justice Act...

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