Overview
- So long as due process is afforded, it is generally up to local communities to decide the procedures for settling legal disputes.
- There are many ways it can be done, but the adversarial justice system, where both parties present evidence to a neutral decision maker (a judge or an arbitrator), is probably the most effective for achieving justice.
- Although not perfect, the justice system functions well today-it is the laws themselves that are broadly misaligned with the Legal Principle. Obstructing justice (that is, to deny due process) is included in the Legal Principle’s definition of aggression-but the 3L Philosophy does not prescribe exactly what procedural rights must be adopted to achieve this.
- No justice system will ever be perfect - some people will still be dishonest in any system.