I guess the alternative would be the inquisitorial system, used mostly in continental Europe. The system in the USA is the adversarial system, where the lawyers from both sides run the show. In the inquisitorial system, the judges are much more involved at trials, and ask most of the questions.
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That describes the adversarial system perfectly. There are winners and there are losers - that is the way the system is designed. Anything else would be called 'mediation' or 'arbitration.'
They are known as the defendant.
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The Australian justice system is an adversarial system of justice where there are essentially two parties that face each other in court proceedings. So the answer of your question could best be described as an Adversarial Trial.
In criminal court you have two sides advocating for their particular party. The prosecutor arguing for the state, and the defense arguing for the defendant. They are adversaries. Thus, an adversarial system, not a cooperative system.
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