Comments on: D.R. Congo “Justice” http://cominganarchy.com/2006/10/23/dr-congo-justice/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:11:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: jomama http://cominganarchy.com/2006/10/23/dr-congo-justice/comment-page-1/#comment-144897 jomama Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:02:17 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=2262#comment-144897 Putting someone in power deciding the fate others then expecting to avoid corruption is the biggest illusion of all time, the way I see it. The second biggest illusion is that this power can be reformed to something better than power. Putting someone in power deciding the fate others then expecting to avoid corruption is the biggest illusion of all time, the way I see it.

The second biggest illusion is that this power can be reformed to something better than power.

]]> By: Chuckles http://cominganarchy.com/2006/10/23/dr-congo-justice/comment-page-1/#comment-144528 Chuckles Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:19:08 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=2262#comment-144528 While it is certainly true that there is a common law inheritance - the key issue is the implementation; and many times, in implementation, there is simply no difference between postcolonial states. I am skeptical about prospects for improvement: Even with a long term view - are there any incentives for a corrupt postcolonial state to embrace reform? While it is certainly true that there is a common law inheritance – the key issue is the implementation; and many times, in implementation, there is simply no difference between postcolonial states. I am skeptical about prospects for improvement: Even with a long term view – are there any incentives for a corrupt postcolonial state to embrace reform?

]]> By: Smitten Eagle http://cominganarchy.com/2006/10/23/dr-congo-justice/comment-page-1/#comment-144128 Smitten Eagle Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:36:14 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=2262#comment-144128 I see an interesting nexus between this post and the thread on the best colonizers. One of the advantages the Anglophone countries generally have is Common-Law, which generally includes trial by a more or less random jury of one's peers. Pretty much all of the Continental colonizers (I'm not so certain about Japan) use the Napoleonic system, which means trial by a judge. It seems that the Common Law system is superior in terms of ability to withstand corruption better than the Continental system. Bribing a random jury is more difficult than bribing a single judge who has vested interests in his position and his profession (that is, making more or less money by way of dispensing more or less justice.) I see an interesting nexus between this post and the thread on the best colonizers.

One of the advantages the Anglophone countries generally have is Common-Law, which generally includes trial by a more or less random jury of one’s peers. Pretty much all of the Continental colonizers (I’m not so certain about Japan) use the Napoleonic system, which means trial by a judge.

It seems that the Common Law system is superior in terms of ability to withstand corruption better than the Continental system. Bribing a random jury is more difficult than bribing a single judge who has vested interests in his position and his profession (that is, making more or less money by way of dispensing more or less justice.)

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