IS JUSTICE
DISAPPEARING
IN
CONNECTICUT?
JUSTICE n.
1)
fairness. 2)
moral rightness.
3)
a scheme or system of law in
which every person receives
his/her/its due from the system,
including all rights, both natural
and legal.
One problem is that attorneys,
judges, and legislatures often get
caught up more in procedure than in
achieving justice for all. Example:
the adage "justice delayed is
justice denied," applies to
the burdensome procedures, lack of
sufficient courts, clogging
the system with meritless cases,
and the use of the courts to settle
matters which could be resolved by
negotiation. The imbalance
between court privileges obtained
by attorneys for the wealthy and
for the person of modest means,
the use of delay and "blizzards"
of unnecessary paper by large law
firms, and judges who fail to
cut through the underbrush of
procedure all erode justice.
4) an appellate judge, the Chief
Justice and Associate Justices of
the U. S. Supreme Court, a member of
a Federal Court of Appeal, and
judges of any of the various state
appellate courts.
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