Orig Advers Crim Trial Osmlh C

The adversary system of trial, the defining feature of the Anglo-American criminal procedure, developed late in English legal history. For centuries defendants ... » 

The adversary system of trial, the defining feature of the Anglo-American criminal procedure, developed late in English legal history. For centuries defendants were forbidden to have counsel and lawyers also seldom appeared for the prosecution. This text explains how the lawyers captured the trial. «