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ADVERSARY LEGAL SYSTEM [1 record]

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Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
DEF

A procedural system ... involving active and unhindered parties contesting with each other to put forth a case before an independent decision-maker.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
OBS

[Le] terme «contradictoire» se rapporte à la notification des parties et à la possibilité de faire valoir leurs arguments. Il ne désigne pas le rôle du juge[, celui d'un arbitre neutre,] et il ne saurait caractériser le système dans son entier [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho procesal
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