Inquisitorial

Expeditious and economic disposal of commercial disputes can be achieved faster in the commercial arbitration route than through the court system which is more adversarial as opposed to inquisitorial.

The judge emphasised that the tribunal is inquisitorial, not adversarial, and “it is not about winning or losing but establishing the truth”.

The Supreme Court’s past forays into a form of inquisitorial justice have by and large met with popular approval.

The examining judge under France’s inquisitorial justice system, operating under the judiciary, will now investigate the case and gather evidence following submission Thursday from the prosecutors.

There is an inquisitorial whiff in the air, and my particular fear is that in true American fashion, all subtlety and reflection is being lost.

An excellent and meticulously researched work dealing with Catharism in the context of the Inquisition's evolution; analyses Inquisitorial practice as the construction of the "confessing subject".

Criminal procedure can be either in form of inquisitorial or adversarial criminal procedure.

In addition, adversarial procedure defenders argue that the inquisitorial court systems are overly institutionalized and removed from the average citizen.

In-depth historical research regarding minor details of different types of magic, theological heresies, and political climate of The Reformation further revealed that Inquisitorial procedures greatly restrained witch-hunting in Italy.

In June 2005, Chile completed a nationwide overhaul of its criminal justice system. citation The reform has replaced inquisitorial proceedings with an adversarial system more similar to that of the United States.

One of the most significant differences between the adversarial system and the inquisitorial system occurs when a criminal defendant admits to the crime.

P Devlin, The Judge (Oxford University Press, 1970) 60-1 Comparisons with the inquisitorial approach There are many differences in the way cases are reviewed.

Plea bargain as a system does not exist in an inquisitorial system.

The last inquisitorial death happened in 1820.

The low standard of evidence used in the trial also violated inquisitorial rules.

These codes and procedures detailed how an inquisitorial court was to function.

This is not the case, and both modern adversarial and inquisitorial systems have the powers of the state separated between a prosecutor and the judge and allow the defendant the right to counsel.

Torture Like the inquisitorial process itself, torture was an ancient Roman legal practice commonly used in secular courts.

Under Inquisitorial guidelines, Joan should have been confined in an ecclesiastical prison under the supervision of female guards (i.

Under inquisitorial procedures, guilt or innocence was proved by the inquiry (inquisitio) of the judge into the details of a case.