What are disadvantages of the adversarial system?

Answer:

  1. parties may argue against each other without the regard for the truth, because the pursuit of winning often overshadows the search for truth and thus and parties are sometimes inclined to ignore the truth.
  2. since jury's trial is part of the system, some disadvantages of jury trail also belong to adversary system, such as the delays in cases coming to the court or the postponement of the cases. This is a flaw in the system as lengthy in cases coming to court find the victims have trouble remembering every detail of their ordeals.
  3. trial can be delayed, prolonged and costly
  4. it's may become winning the case more important than the truth.
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