Hong Kong Magistrates trials are more inquisitorial than adversarial. Discuss

Hong Kong Magistrates Trials are more inquisitorial than adversarial When an offence has been committed there is a moral and social obligation that the perpetrator be tried and convicted. Every criminal justice system has devised a mechanism to bring about this desired effect. The hypothesis here demands an investigation of the two modes of trial that are implemented in the 'democratic' world and whether the system employed in the Hong Kong Magistrates leans to one …

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