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With reference to the criminal processes of both the English and French legal systems critically evaluate the merits of both adversarial and inquisitorial legal method.
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National and International Legal Systems Question A: Procedurally all civil and criminal courts within the English legal system function with one thing in common and that is the assumption of what is commonly called the adversarial process. By contrast courts under the French legal system operate an inquisitorial process. With reference to the criminal processes of both the English and French legal systems critically evaluate the merits of both adversarial and inquisitorial legal method. This essay will be discussing the process of both the English and French legal systems in reference to the criminal processes, and critically evaluating the merits of both the adversarial and inquisitorial legal method. There are two main approaches to criminal justice, the adversarial or (accusatorial) and the inquisitorial. Both systems are intended to generate the same outcome, to convict the guilty and acquit the innocent, thus ensuring that criminal justice prevails. The subject under scrutiny is the extent...
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