Sorry, I just corrected my previous post by replacing the word 'eliminate' with 'replace' as the third word in that post. It might make more sense this time around.
Sorry again. As the first word after the first comma.
I can also add that the inquisitorial system is much more common in some European countries too, so we could always learn from them too in implementing this.
Now while it's true that no system is purely adversarial or inquisitorial, they usually are founded on one or the other even if influenced somewhat by the other. I'd say ours ought to be founded on a more inquisitorial system, while simply allowing that system to adopt ideas from other systems within that framework.
I suppose my penchant for the inquisitorial system should not be too surprising.
In political matters, I prefer a non-partisan system of government with no parties and just a caucus of the whole, as a mens of promoting more unity among parliamentarians, thus presenting a stronger symbol of unity among the population as a hole, rather than a nation divided along ideological lines. This is also why economically I'm more of a corporatist than either capitalist or socialist, since capitalism creates many inefficiencies caused by energy exerted in competition rather than production, and socialism owing to energy wasted in class conflict rather than production. Some form of social corporatism would promote common ground.
Looking at it that way, my philosophy with regards to the justice system very much reflects my views on the economy and political systems too.
I guess we shouldn't be surprised that we use an adversarial system in our court system. After all, we use such a system in our economy and politics too. Just a general waste of resources and inefficiencies all around. By promoting a more collaborative and unifying system, not only do we waste less energy in competition, class warfare, and legal confrontationalism, but we also manage to promote a stronger sense of unity, also related to patriotism and a sense of belonging to a wider nation.
I have no doubt that the confrontaitonal approach to our economic, political, and legal system also spill over into our entire social system, with regards to protest groups breaking the law by sabotaging events (e.g. G20), corporations wasting money on lobbyists to compete for influence in government, labour disputes, TV (mostly all fighting films), and whether we are aware of it or not, probably education too. Essentially, rather than promoting unity among our compatriots, it promotes competittion, be it individual, inter-provincial or international.
