At 09:33 AM 12/5/2001 +0100, you wrote: > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > Van: John Garcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Verzonden: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 03:08 > > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Onderwerp: RE: Secret Military Tribunals > > > Many Europeans would probably not believe the American government, and > > would like to see all the evidence made public so that they can be > > convinced the accused received a fair trial (although what an American > > calls a fair trial and say what a Frenchman calls a fair trial are two > > different things.) > >How would that be two different things? Please explain the differences >between what an American would call a fair trial and what say a Frenchman >would call a fair trial.
Well, I'm not saying that people do not receive a fair trial in a French court. They do, at least according to the system of French jurisprudence (and I only use the French as an example.) I am saying that the two systems are different, and that the notion of a fair trial depends a great deal upon which legal tradition one is bought up in. john
