See Notice Board.
"Justice, Sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds
civilized beings
and civilized nations
together."
Daniel Webster
1782-1852
Critical Policy - 5
JUSTICE REFORM - ADVANCED LEGAL SYSTEM
"A critical objective of The Federal Party of Australia is to build an Advanced Legal System by taking key elements from within the European inquisitorial (i.e. investigative) legal systems and incorporating these civil law elements into Australia's common law, adversarial proceedings.
Under a Federal Party government... never again will government agencies and high-priced legal teams be allowed to fabricate, conceal, or distort evidence.
Never again will the innocent be jailed ... nor the rights of Australians violated in our civil courts."
Garth Eaton - Federal President
Trials by Judge(s) Alone:
- Replacing the Jury System -
- A Jury Comprising Our Peers? |
- Professionals Very Often Exempt from Jury Service |
- No Background Checks on Jurors |
- Jurors Not Empanelled Randomly |
- Reluctant Jurors |
- Insufficient Knowledge of Forensic Findings |
- Media and IT Influences |
- Juries Not Required to Give Reasons? |
- Jury System of Benefit to Lawyers and Judges |