SSCI1000U Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Herbert Annesley Packer, Victimology, Procedural Justice

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Adversarial system of justice: components, two parties looking to win case, prosecutor two concerns, 1. Justice: 2. successful prosecution, trial heard by judge, purpose: truth. The adversarial syste(cid:373) has its adva(cid:374)tages : division of actors and agencies, evidence as much as possible examined, promotes the legitimacy of the criminal justice system. September 8th, 2016: efficiency over procedural justice (cooperation of sides) Length of trial: exclusion of relevant evidence. Components of justice: substantive justice, accuracy of outcome, procedural justice, fairness of process. In the absence of fair procedure, just trial cannot occur. Rule of law (cid:862)se(cid:374)se of o(cid:396)de(cid:396)li(cid:374)ess, of su(cid:271)je(cid:272)tio(cid:374) to k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) legal (cid:396)ules a(cid:374)d of e(cid:454)e(cid:272)uti(cid:448)e a(cid:272)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)ta(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to legal autho(cid:396)it(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:894)resolutio(cid:374) to a(cid:373)e(cid:374)d the co(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)[(cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1012)(cid:1005)](cid:895) Rule of law basic elements: scope of the law, no privileged exemptions, equality before the law, character of the law, public, clear and easy to understand. Institution of the law: rules to ensure fairness and justice in law.

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