What role, if any, would there be for law(s) and the legal system/judiciary as an institution (as they exist today) in a socialist society?
This is beyond issues such as racial discrimination in criminal justice and others similar.
What role, if any...
Ayden Hughes
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William Campbell
I think the primary function of legal systems across history and especially under capitalism is to protect private property and as such all laws are derived from that starting point, so maybe the logical conclusion is that under socialism the legal system's primary function would be to prevent the existence of private property?
Gabriel Thomas
You would still need defense lawyers to defend people accused of crime
Ryder Ross
Trial by your peers too
Anthony Watson
But there may still be some limited function for private law in the protection of personal property, at least in relation to tort, where the offending conduct is not criminal. Or perhaps what is today considered tortious would become criminal in order to stringently preserve such interests, but this may be unjust in many circumstances.
Chase Jones
In regards to a socialist nation (not a totally communism society - that legal system should be different again) I’m of the belief that a legal system based on inquisitorial concepts is more utilitarian and therefore more compatible with a socialist state than adversarial Court structures as seen in Common Law Countries like the U.S and U.K. It should be noted that the People’s Republic of China’s self proclaimed ‘socialist legal system’ is historically based on French and German civil law inquisitorial Courts.
The concept of defence solicitors (public defenders in the U.S) should be abolished as they are a parasitic bourgeois profession tied in with criminal elements.
Juries should also be abolished as anyone with personal and professional experience with them (in capitalist countries at least) knows that they are prone to being composed of idiots not capable of critical thinking who make decisions based off emotions (possibly a result of shitty education).
Connor Williams
what?
Lincoln Peterson
Jacob Brown
Great response I bet you really know what you're talking about and aren't a clueless reactionary for making those proposals
Christian Gomez
You didn’t make any argument whatsoever how else was I going to respond?!