Quote Originally Posted by Soulforged
My conclusion is: here it would be a disaster, and i guess that it would be dismissed shortly. But i still keep the judge only system (here 3) for me, i want it to be the most scientific as possible. (i just expect to see the minimal tax of convictions as possible)

Thanks for the information.
Soulforged,

I have legal license in both the U.S. and Japan. The U.S. Common law tradition is quite distinct from Japan's civil code which is more along lines you are familiar (i.e. the three judge model). One issue you may want to consider is how the two systems approach the notion of justice. The Civil Code model is necessarily elitist. The Judge is specifically and uniquely trained to uncover the true and similarly the just. Under a Common Law standard justice is a construct. Professionalism is necessary to properly act as an advocate in an adversarial system and maintain the rules of engagement, but the base question of "what is just?" does not require specialized training. The common citizen is taken as having equal insight into the nature of the good and the true.

Japan is also moving toward a jury system as well.