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What's more libertarian, Adversarial or inquisitorial?

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No2statism Posted: Tue, Dec 28 2010 9:14 AM

I've always wondered which between the two was more libertarian.  Neither is as libertarian as for-profit courts, but I was thinking inquisitorial was more libertarian.

I'm sorry if this was a stupid thread.

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I would imagine the libertarian solution would be to allow both to exist and let competition eventually answer the question.

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Stranger replied on Tue, Dec 28 2010 10:11 AM

If you are paying a court to defend your rights, I would expect that court to want to find out the truth and not let you fend for yourself against a well-lawyered opponent.

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Zavoi replied on Tue, Dec 28 2010 1:57 PM

A free-market system would probably result in a combination of the best aspects of both.

However, historically speaking, adversarial procedures have been associated with common-law (i.e. "Anglo-American") systems, which have tended to be more individual-rights- and free-market-oriented than civil-law systems, which mostly use the inquisitorial system.

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How has the common law system been more libertarian?

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BioTube replied on Tue, Dec 28 2010 9:22 PM
"Common law" properly refers to case law; laws propounded by states are civil law.
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