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- Our Philosophy of Legal Practice
In the United States including Utah, our legal system is an adversarial system, whereby two advocates represent each party’s position in front of an impartial person or group of persons. A judgment is then made based on the evidence presented and the skill with which it was presented and argued. This system was a choice by the founders of our country, and is in contrast to an “inquisitorial” system. In an inquisitorial system, the court or court officers independently and actively investigate the facts of a case before making the judgment, and neither party has an advocate presenting his...