Editing Adversarial system (section)

{{Short description|Type of legal system}}
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The '''adversarial system''' (also '''adversary system''', '''accusatorial system''',<ref>[[Malloy v. Hogan]]</ref> or '''accusatory system'''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/accusatory-system-v-inquisitorial-system-procedural-truth-v-fact | title=Accusatory System v. The Inquisitorial System - Procedural Truth v. Fact? (From Criminal Evidence Law Reform - Proceedings, P 83-91, 1981 - See NCJ-84738) &#124; Office of Justice Programs }}</ref>) is a legal system used in the [[common law]] countries where two advocates represent their parties' case or position before an impartial person or group of people, usually a [[judge]] or [[jury]], who attempt to determine the truth and pass judgment accordingly.<ref name="Hale">{{cite book|last=Hale|first=Sandra Beatriz|title= The Discourse of Court Interpreting: Discourse Practices of the Law, the Witness and the Interpreter |publisher=John Benjamins|date=July 2004|page=31|isbn=978-1-58811-517-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HVwg_sQ5a5UC&q=%22adversarial+system%22&pg=PA31}}</ref><ref name="Richards">{{cite book|last=Richards|first=Edward P. |author2=Katharine C. Rathbun|title=Medical Care Law|publisher=Jones & Bartlett|date=1999-08-15|page=6|isbn=978-0-8342-1603-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6FvwvJ-sJiAC&q=%22adversarial+system%22&pg=PA6}}</ref><ref name="Care">{{cite book|last=Care|first=Jennifer Corrin |title=Civil Procedure and Courts in the South Pacific|publisher=Routledge Cavendish|date=2004-01-12|page=3|isbn=978-1-85941-719-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fbuuXuZjceMC&q=%22adversarial+system%22&pg=RA1-PA8}}</ref> It is in contrast to the [[inquisitorial system]] used in some [[civil law (legal system)|civil law]] systems (i.e. those deriving from [[Roman law]] or the [[Napoleonic code]]) where a judge investigates the case.

The adversarial system is the two-sided structure under which [[Criminal procedure|criminal trial]] courts operate, putting the prosecution against the defense.