Within the context of the U.S. adversarial criminal court system, each “legal actor” in the courtroom is meant to act as a “check-and-balance” on the other “actors.” Are the various actors within this system actually working as a check-and-balance in practice? What might influence their ability to perform this role? What positive and negative consequences may result from the cooperation between the different members of the courtroom workgroup? What impact does the adversarial system have on “non-legal actors” in the criminal courts?

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Within the context of the U.S. adversarial criminal court system, each “legal actor” in the courtroom is meant to act as a “check-and-balance” on the other “actors.” Are the various actors within this system actually working as a check-and-balance in practice? What might influence their ability to perform this role? What positive and negative consequences may result from the cooperation between the different members of the courtroom workgroup? What impact does the adversarial system have on “non-legal actors” in the criminal courts?

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