Evaluation of the Adversary System of Trial

The effectiveness of our Adversary System is shown through the constant enforcement of Fairness, Justice and Equality. These are all put into action when a trial is under consideration for an offence whether it be Criminal or Civil.
In most cases the effect of the Adversary System is best felt through a criminal case where the prosecution depends on the evidence given by the police and the word of the witness/s.
As stated in ‘Criminal Laws’ – [(David Brown, David Farrier and David Weisbrot) pg 177 2b] ‘The police play a crucial role in the investigation process, a role which largely shapes the conduct of the prosecution’ – this outlines the need that the prosecution holds for as much honest evidence as the police can provide… but it then goes on to state that ‘The most concerted attention has been given to the police fabrication of confessional evidence’ thus showing that in the adversarial system the judge and/or the jury come to a decision based upon t...