Inquisitorial vs. adversarial system of justice
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Read the text and discuss the situation in Bulgaria in English.
Most civil law jurisdictions use the inquisitorial system of adjudication in which the court undertakesan active investigation of the claims in order to determine the facts of the case. In such an investigationthe prosecution is a collaborator of the court in the discovery of the truth and the accomplishmentof the law. By contrast, common law jurisdictions use the adversarial system of dispute resolutionin which each side presents evidence and witnesses and attacks these of its opponent bycross-examination. The final ruling of the court depends on the success of each adversary (side) inconvincing an impartial judge or/and jury that its interpretation of the facts of the case is the correctone.
Most civil law jurisdictions use the inquisitorial system of adjudication in which the court undertakesan active investigation of the claims in order to determine the facts of the case. In such an investigationthe prosecution is a collaborator of the court in the discovery of the truth and the accomplishmentof the law. By contrast, common law jurisdictions use the adversarial system of dispute resolutionin which each side presents evidence and witnesses and attacks these of its opponent bycross-examination. The final ruling of the court depends on the success of each adversary (side) inconvincing an impartial judge or/and jury that its interpretation of the facts of the case is the correctone.