essay discussing the advantages and disadvanteges of lay magistrates
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Essay discussing the advantages and disadvantages of lay magistrates and describing the work undertaken by them As with any legal system the whole point is to give everyone a fair trail and this would, if it was from anyone's point of view that didn't live in the UK mean getting a professional, who knew exactly how to deal with any part of law. So why In Great Britain do we use non-legally trained members of the public to decide who is guilty and who isn't. Does it not seem blatantly obvious that this is not the way to go forward in a modern society? Look around the world, what other civilized country uses incompetent members of the public to enforce the laws? I would like to make it obvious from the start that I am against this system for reasons I will later expand on. The job of Justice of the Peace...

